Japan's Nichino starts a new project in Humnabad in Karnataka

State-of-the-art facilities available for agrochemical production

ATM News Network: Nichino India, a unit of Japanese parent company Nichino, inaugurated its first project in Humnabad, Karnataka. The company's global president Hiroyuki Iwata San along with prominent representatives from Japan and India were present on this occasion.

The project has multipurpose facilities for manufacturing insecticides, fungicides, and formulations. This high-tech project produces 250 crores worth of technical-grade materials every year. The project is designed to be very safe for the environment with features like a dedicated acid recovery system, dust-free blocks, dedicated dryers, a zero liquid discharge system and other advance facilities.

The company has researched numerous breakthrough AIs and innovations such as flubendiamide, buprofezin, isoprothiolane, fenpyroximate, tolfenpyrad and benzpyrimoxone. Nihon Nohyaku Corporation (NNC), the parent company of Nichino India, was established in 1928. NNC is Japan's first research and development agrochemical company. Serving farmers in more than 100 countries worldwide for many years.

Nichino India has recently developed a new active ingredient Benzpyrimoxan (BPX) after ten years of research. Orchestra® is a new Japanese technology for the effective management of BPH. It does not affect beneficial insects or other organisms. BPH is one of the most destructive pests of rice. This can cause significant losses for farmers.

Orchestra® is part of the "Make in India" initiative launched by the Government of India to boost domestic manufacturing. Developed through joint research by companies in Japan and India, this technology is a fusion of Japanese and Indian intelligence. The product will be available in the Japan and Indian markets.

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