Rotam Launches Abamectin Products
Hong Kong, April, 2006 – Rotam Group announced that the U.S. associated company, Rotam North America Inc., has been granted the full registration by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the impending launch of its ABACUS™ agricultural and its LUCID™ ornamental miticides/insecticides. Both products, based on the active ingredient abamectin will be available in all states including California, and are the post-patent alternatives to the familiar brands Agri-Mek® and Avid®.
“While ABACUS™ and LUCID™ are the first commercial products introduced into the U.S. market by Rotam, the Group has a wide experience in basic development and manufacture of agrochemicals around the world,” said Alvaro Canizares, president, Rotam North America, Inc. As a growing leader in active ingredient synthesis, formulation, and packaging, as well as registration of agrochemicals, the Rotam Group has for over 10 years participated in the development and marketing of crop protection products internationally, and is well known within the agrochemical industry. Rotam will now bring its expertise to its new U.S. operations.
“Registration of abamectin products is a complex job, and Rotam was able to achieve its Federal registration in a relatively short period proving Rotam’s technical capabilities,” says Canizares.
Rotam manufactures all of its own commercial products sold elsewhere in the world with a high level of performance and reliability, and users in the U.S. have reason to expect the same with ABACUS™ and LUCID™. These formulations are safe to crops and deliver long-lasting control with minimal impact on beneficial insects. They are valuable for Integrated Pest Management programs and resistance management.
ABACUS™ provides control of mites (including two-spotted spider mite, Pacific, strawberry, Carmine, and McDaniel spider mites, European red mite and citrus bud mite), certain leafhoppers, leafminers, and thrips, plus pear psylla and Colorado potato beetle. ABACUS™ is labeled for crops that include almonds, walnuts, apples, celery, citrus, cotton, cucurbits, grapes, lettuce, hops, pears, peppers, potatoes, strawberries, and tomatoes.
LUCID™ is a non-crop formulation labeled for ornamental plants, shrubs and trees. It is for control of mites (European and Southern red, two-spotted, Carmine, and spruce spider mites, tarsonemid mites, cyclamen and broad mites, Eriophyid mites, rust and bud mites, aphids, thrips, whiteflies, and certain leafminers.
Always read and follow label directions.
ABACUS™ and LUCID™ are trademarks of Rotam.
Agri-Mek® and Avid® are registered trademarks of a Syngenta Group Company.
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