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IRRIGATION

Ampco Introduces the NEW H Series Pump

Ampco announces the NEW “H Series”

high-capacity sanitary centrifugal pump
The H Series offers a wide range of FEATURES:
flow rates and head pressures to meet • Low NPSH Application Requirements
the diverse demands of your process • One Size Seal Design for all Models
and utilizes a standard interchange‑
able one‑size seal design for all low • Low‑Volume, Standard and High‑Vol‑
volume, standard and high volume ume Models
models, saving cost and adding flex‑ • Ease of Assembly and Maintenance
ibility of on‑hand spares. • 316L Stainless Steel Construction
The Ampco H Series is 100% hydrau‑ • Balanced Impellers Avoid long lead times for parts and
lically and dimensionally part‑for‑part • Multiple Fitting Options pumps on competing 200 series and
interchangeable with competing 200 … Experience the Ampco Advantage!
Series pumps. Replacing is drop in • Close-Coupled on JM Frame Motors
and go. • High Efficiency Circle 25 on enquiry card

Bayer to expand partnership with M2i Group to distribute

pheromone-based biological crop protection solutions globally

Bayer signed a development and distribution
agreement with French pheromones expert com‑
pany M2i Group for the exclusive distribution of
pheromone gels for the Asia-Pacific as well as the
Latin America region and the United States building
on its successful collaboration and related product
launches in Europe and Africa.
Through an agreement signed in 2023 with M2i
Group, Bayer has become the exclusive distribu‑
tor of selected M2i products in Europe and some
African countries targeting lepidoptera and some
sucking pests in crops that include stone and pome
fruits, tomatoes, and grapes. Now, the two compa‑
nies expand their scope to serve farmers beyond
Europe and Africa and strengthen their strategic vation is a way to save time and to keep plastic use to a
partnership to deliver biological crop protection solutions minimum and to reduce waste. We are excited to see such
on a global scale. an innovation distributed on a worldwide scale”, says Phil‑
“Effective products with low or no residue are an import‑ lippe Guerret, CEO of M2i.
ant part of Bayer’s biological portfolio. Through these stra‑ Based on the first agreement in 2023, products of the
tegic partnerships, we are able to broaden the crop protec‑ VYNYTY Press series have been launched across Europe
tion toolbox and farmers have more solutions available that and in some African countries during the last 3 years offer‑
they can apply in their farm operations”, said Ralf Glaubitz, ing sustainable solutions to farmers. For example, recently,
Head of Crop Protection Product Team Fungicides, Biolog‑ the VYNYTY Tuta Press product has been successfully in‑
ics and Fruits & Vegetables at Bayer’s Crop Science divi‑ troduced to tomatoes growers from Morocco to Turkey as
sion. “We are excited to strengthen our collaboration and well as in Spain, Italy and Netherlands. In Chile the Press
further enhance Bayer’s existing biological portfolio.” technology against Lobesia has been tested during the last
Strategic partnerships in the biologicals space are key for 2 years in local conditions and is now launched on wine
Bayer and a crucial part of the company’s open innovation grapes and table grapes.
approach: combining leading Research & Development M2i Group is the leader in pheromone production in Eu‑
capabilities with knowledge and ingenuity from experts rope and has expertise in developing, formulating, and
outside the company. manufacturing complex molecules. With kicking-off the
“In our Press technology, Pheromones are formulated partnership in 2023, Bayer has started to integrate M2i’s
in a thick and long-lasting gel, dispensed from a pressur‑ pheromone products, including M2i’s innovative press ap‑
ized device that can easily deliver the gel directly to the plication technology, into a complementary system of dig‑
plant. Besides the effective and green formulation of pher‑ itally enabled solutions that include pest monitoring tools
omones, it offers more advantages: The bottle is reusable, to advise growers on pest pressures and application time‑
and the direct dispensation keeps growers from having to lines, and other synthetic and biological products tailored
use plastic in an applicator or hanger. This unique inno‑ to grower needs. Circle 26 on enquiry card
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