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Development of vegetable seed varieties for the Mediterranean Basin: Bayer CropScience unit Nunhems opens research & development station in La Palma-Cartagena/Spain
Entwicklung neuer Gemüsesorten für die Mittelmeerregion: Bayer CropScience eröffnet Forschungs- und Entwicklungseinrichtung in La Palma-Cartagena/Spanien

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Monheim, Germany
June 25, 2009

Bayer CropScience’s subsidiary Nunhems has inaugurated a new experimental station in Cartagena in the region of Murcia/Spain. On an area of 16 hectares, the company will breed new vegetable varieties in four crops: The facility hosts programs for melon, lettuce, artichoke and pepper varieties as well as phytopathology research in these crops. Since the start of construction in 2006, Nunhems has invested approximately EUR 2 million in the site in Cartagena.

"Innovation is a key success factor in our business," said Nunhems’ CEO Douwe Zijp at the opening ceremony. "Nunhems anticipates future trends and constantly renews its product portfolio. We do so in close cooperation with communities like Cartagena, where we can count on favorable growing conditions, a sound infrastructure, and local expertise."

New vegetable varieties will benefit consumers and growers as well as other supply chain partners. All will profit from the development of varieties with enhanced processing characteristics, better transport and storage abilities, a good performance under different climates and growing regions, more health benefits as well as better taste and flavor.

Nunhems, a subsidiary of Bayer CropScience, is the global specialist in vegetable genetics and services. As a globally integrated group of teams Nunhems builds unique customer relationships and shares products, concepts and expertise with the professional horticultural production industry and supply chain. Its portfolio includes leading varieties and brands in crops such as leek, onion, carrot, melon, cucumber, tomato, watermelon, lettuce, pepper and chicory witloof. Nunhems has an extensive range of 28 crops and some 2,500 varieties, and is among the world’s leading vegetable seed companies. With more than 1,400 people Nunhems is present in all major vegetable production areas in the world. In Spain, Nunhems has been present since 1984, and has locations in Valencia, Murcia and Almeria.

Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials. Bayer CropScience AG, a subsidiary of Bayer AG with annual sales of about EUR 6.4 billion (2008), is one of the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of crop protection, non-agricultural pest control, seeds and plant biotechnology.
The company offers an outstanding range of products and extensive service backup for modern, sustainable agriculture and for non-agricultural applications. Bayer CropScience has a global workforce of more than 18,000 and is represented in more than 120 countries.


Entwicklung neuer Gemüsesorten für die Mittelmeerregion: Bayer CropScience eröffnet Forschungs- und Entwicklungseinrichtung in La Palma-Cartagena/Spanien


Monheim, 25. Juni 2009 - Die Bayer-CropScience-Tochter Nunhems hat eine neue Forschungs- und Entwicklungseinrichtung in Cartagena in der spanischen Region Murcia eröffnet. Auf einer Fläche von 16 Hektar sollen neue Gemüsesorten für vier Arten gezüchtet werden: In der Anlage werden Entwicklungsprogramme für Melonen, Salat, Artischocken und Paprika betrieben sowie Krankheiten dieser Pflanzen erforscht. Seit dem Baubeginn
2006 hat Nunhems rund 2 Millionen Euro in den Standort Cartagena investiert.

"Innovation ist in unserem Geschäft der Schlüssel zum Erfolg", sagte Douwe Zijp, Geschäftsführer von Nunhems, bei der Eröffnungsfeier. "Nunhems stellt sich rechtzeitig auf künftige Trends ein und erneuert immer wieder das Produktportfolio. Dafür sind wir auf eine enge Zusammenarbeit mit Gemeinden wie Cartagena angewiesen, wo wir auf gute Wachstumsbedingungen für die Pflanzen, eine solide Infrastruktur und die örtliche Fachkompetenz zählen können."

Von der Entwicklung neuer Gemüsesorten werden Konsumenten und Landwirte sowie deren Partner in der Lieferkette gleichermaßen profitieren. So sollen Sorten entwickelt werden, die sich leichter verarbeiten lassen, besser transportiert und gelagert werden können sowie hohe Erträge unter verschiedenen geographischen und klimatischen Bedingungen erbringen.
Darüber hinaus sollen sie gesünder sein und besser schmecken.

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