Rotam was founded in the 1950's with two key business units - Food Retail and Life Sciences. Life Sciences remains a core business and investment focus today with Crop Protection and Veterinary consolidated under Rotam CropSciences Ltd.
Today, Life Sciences is the core business and represents the bulk of investments for Plant Protection Products and Veterinary Products under the Rotam CropSciences Limited entity. The rest of the group is dedicated to pharmaceuticals and packaging.
The headquarters of Rotam CropSciences is in Hong Kong. Most of the production is done in Mainland China and all activities are organized in various business regions.
- Strategic initiative to build up crop protection business globally under Rotam Group
- Crop protection business operations established in China, Central America, Middle East, East Africa & Southern Europe
- China manufacturing hub established
- Global regulatory team formed & Rotam 1st generation Laboratories set up in China
- Specialty pharmaceutical & agrochemical packaging JV formed
- 2nd generation Laboratories set up and Rotam Research Laboratory (RRL) accredited with Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)
- Manufacturing hub expansion in China,
including new green field facility
- Business operations expanded to Brazil,
EU, US & Argentina
- 3rd generation Laboratories set up
- Experimental field research stations set up in Brazil, Argentina & China
- Rotam Global AgroSciences Ltd listed in Taiwan
- Ecotox Lab of RRL gained accreditation for GLP
- Rotam led sales growth in the industry from 2008 to 2013
- Business operations extended to Southeast Asia
- Process Chemistry R&D Center established in India
- Rotam/Cibus Partnership: 1st non-transgenic canola seed launched in United States
- Commencement of the new formulation facilities in Tianjin, China: Rotam CropSciences (Tianjin) Co Ltd
- Global Rotam Agronomic Solutions launched
- Environmental approval granted to the manufacturing site of Rotam Crop Protection Private Ltd in India
- 4th generation Laboratories set up
- Rotam/GEOSAT Partnership: exploring innovation in smart agriculture
- Rotam launched Canadian field operations servicing canola and cereals
- Albaugh announced its acquisition of Rotam, adding new products to its portfolio and new manufacturing and commercial capabilities
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