Bayer CropScience Ltd
230 Cambridge Science Park
Milton Road
Cambridge
CB4 0WB
News Release
Pre-em favourite packs less plastic
Cambridge, 3, July, 2013–
Growers planning to use the pre-em Liberator (flufenacet+diflufenican) for this autumn’s
weed control programmes will welcome the new 5L containers, reducing the time needed
to fill a tank and wash and dispose of multiple packs.
The new 5L containers employ Bayer CropScience’s Smartline packaging, which the
company says is easy to use and difficult to imitate.
“Making sprayer operators’ lives easier is the reason why we’ve made the move,” says
product manager Tim Holt. “Originally the 3L pack made the maths easier, but measuring
gradations are the norm so it makes sense to reduce the burden at the point of tank-filling
and disposal.
“For example, if you’ve 200 hectares, receiving Liberator at 0.6L/ha, the new sized
packaging will save 16 containers - that is a 40% reduction in number of packs. That is 16
openings, 16 pourings and 16 washings - the time soon adds up. And when the pressure
is on, when spray windows are few and far between and when daylight hours are short, a
40% saving makes a big difference,” says Mr Holt.
Launched in autumn 2011, Smartline packaging features ergonomic design and ‘glugfree’ pouring. Bayer calculates it has saved 250 tons of plastic annually and retained
useful features such as the translucent material, which aids the use of measuring
graduations and thorough rinsing.
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Contact:
Tim Holt, Tel. no: 01223 226623
E-Mail: tim.holt@bayer.com
Whisper PR, Natalie Reed, Tel no: 01608 637805
E-Mail: natalie.reed@whisper.pr
Find more information at www.bayercropscience.co.uk.
About Bayer CropScience
Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, agriculture and high-tech materials. This
year the company is celebrating 150 years of Bayer – consistent with its mission “Bayer: Science For A Better Life”.
Bayer CropScience, the subgroup of Bayer AG responsible for the agricultural business, has annual sales of EUR 8,383
million (2012) and is one of the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of seeds, crop protection
and non-agricultural pest control. The company offers an outstanding range of products including high value seeds,
innovative crop protection solutions based on chemical and biological modes of action as well as an extensive service
backup for modern, sustainable agriculture. In the area of non-agricultural applications, Bayer CropScience has a broad
portfolio of products and services to control pests from home and garden to forestry applications. The company has a
global workforce of 20,800 and is represented in more than 120 countries. This and further news is available at:
www.press.bayercropscience.com.
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