Arysta LifeScience Europe Announces New Organizational Structure
PARIS (26 May 2015) – Arysta LifeScience Europe recently announced a new organizational
structure to leverage its scale and accelerate the company's growth in this key market. The
new European management structure, which is effective immediately, is designed to further
strengthen the company’s current performance while capitalizing on long-term growth
opportunities.
“We are eager to capitalize on the unique growth opportunities that will emerge from having
Arysta LifeScience, Chemtura AgroSolutions and Agriphar under one umbrella,” said José
Nobre, Arysta LifeScience’s new Business Unit President, Europe. “Our newly-created
company, Arysta LifeScience, possesses a strong bias toward high-growth areas; and with
an industry-leading portfolio of active ingredients and registrations, we believe we are ideally
positioned to continue developing solutions that will address the evolving demands of
farmers around Europe.”
The company says it now can offer all its customers a more complete portfolio of traditional
crop protection products, seed treatments, biological products, biostimulants, innovative
nutrition and adjuvants.
The new leadership team that will manage the Europe Business Unit includes: Paul
Thomson as Head of Research & Development, Jozef Michrina as Head of Marketing,
Guy de Froberville as Head of Commercial Distribution countries and third-party relations,
Hildo Brilleman as Head of Central & Eastern Europe, Gilles Cerutti as Head of Operations
& Supply Chain, Wim van de Wiele as Chief Financial Officer, Guilhem de Gaillard as
Legal Counsel Ag Division and Michel Bihry as Head of Human Resources.
The new Arysta LifeScience integration team is working to develop one face to the customer
before the end of this year, in time for the 2016 marketing and sales season.
“Our global footprint and strong presence in Europe, with over $450m of sales, 14
subsidiaries and two world-class formulation and packaging sites, will give us the flexibility to
meet local needs and provide our customers and business partners growth opportunities that
benefit all,” Nobre added.
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About Arysta LifeScience
Arysta LifeScience, now owned by Platform Specialty Products, is a leading crop protection
and life science company with 2014 revenues of US$2.2 billion. An entrepreneurial provider
of crop protection and life science products in more than 125 countries worldwide, Arysta
LifeScience specializes in marketing and distribution of respected crop protection brands and
life science products that meet the needs of its global partners. More information on the
company is available at www.arystalifescience.com.
About Platform
Platform is a global producer of high-technology specialty chemicals and provider of
technical services. The business involves the manufacture of a broad range of specialty
chemicals, created by blending raw materials, and the incorporation of these chemicals into
multi-step technological processes. These specialty chemicals and processes are sold into
multiple industries including agricultural, electronics, graphic arts, metal and plastic plating,
and offshore oil production and drilling. More information on Platform is available at
www.platformspecialtyproducts.com.
Contact:
Linda Frerichs
Communications Manager
Arysta LifeScience
(919) 678-4948
linda.frerichs@arysta.com