Insecticides India ties up with US-based Momentive to launch silicone additives

Insecticides India Ltd (IIL), the Delhi-headquartered agrochemicals manufacturer, has tied up with Momentive Performance Materials India Private Ltd, a part of the US-based Momentive group, to introduce Momentive’s new generation silicone based super spreader AgroSpred Max adjuvant in India.
 
Momentive has authorised IIL to exclusively use the brand name AgroSpred Max for marketing the superspreader in India, further strengthening Insecticides India’s Tractor brand range of products to help farmers improve efficacy of agrochemicals.
 
AgroSpred Max is a silicone-based superspreader that acts as an adjuvant to help increase the bio efficacy of crop protection chemicals, growth promoters and micronutrients. AgroSpred Max adjuvant can be used with a broad range of agrochemicals as an assistive agent to improve the spreading, wetting, coverage and penetration of agrochemicals through stomatal infiltration, thereby offering a huge potential to reduce costs and drastically improve spray efficacy.
   
“We are very pleased to collaborate with Momentive in bringing this unique product to India for the benefit of Indian farmers. AgroSpred Max adjuvant is a research product developed by Momentive Performance Materials Inc, USA. With a little addition to their spray cost, farmers can increase the effectiveness of the spray multiple times. We are optimistic that farmers will find this technology extremely useful in their quest to improve crop protection efficacy,” said Rajesh Agarwal, managing director, Insecticides India Limited.
 
V P Nalian, vice president, IMEA, Momentive, added, “Momentive has a long history of developing silicone additives that enhance spreading and coverage while helping to decrease costs and increase yields. AgroSpred adjuvants were developed in response to specific needs by global growers, and can help farmers in India to achieve better crop protection by maximising the wetting, spreading and penetration of agrochemical treatments. We are very happy to associate with one of India’s leading agrochemical manufacturing companies, Insecticides India Ltd, to launch AgroSpred Max in India.”