Adama Agricultural Solutions

ADAMA Ltd. (Hebrew: אדמה בע"מ‎ ; Chinese: 安道麦), formerly known as Makhteshim-Agan, is a crop protection company.

Adama Agricultural Solutions
Public
Traded asSZSE: 000553
IndustryAgribusiness
Founded1945 (1945)
HeadquartersAirport City Israel
Key people
Chen Lichtenstein (President and CEO)
ProductsCrop protection (herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, plant growth regulators, seed treatments), food additives, dietary supplements, aroma products
RevenueUS$3.881 billion (2018)[1]
US$441 million (2018)[1]
US$249 million (2018)[1]
OwnerChemChina (100%)
Number of employees
6684 (2018)[2]
ParentChemChina
Websiteadama.com
Adama headquarters in Airport City, Israel

Overview

Together with its wholly owned subsidiary, Adama Agricultural Solutions Ltd., ADAMA manufacturers and retails herbicides, insecticides and fungicides. The company has research and development (R&D) and manufacturing facilities in various locations worldwide, with two main centers in Israel and China. It is traded on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange[3] and is headquartered in Ashdod City, Israel. In 2017, Adama Agricultural Solutions Ltd. was acquired by Hubei Sanonda Co. Ltd., a Chinese agro-chemical producer and partially owned subsidiary of ChemChina.

History
Founders of Makhteshim

Agan was founded in 1949 as a cooperative, while Makhteshim was created in 1952. In 1973 Agan and Makhteshim partnered to distribute their products and 24 years later merged to form Makhteshim Agan Industries Ltd. In October 2011 ChemChina acquired a 60% stake in Makhteshim Agan,[4] delisting from the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. In 2014, the company changed its name to Adama.[5]

In June 2017 the China Securities Regulatory Commission approved the acquisition of the remaining 40% of shares by ChemChina, making it the sole owner of the company through its Hubei Sandona Co. Ltd. subsidiary.[6] Since August 2017 ADAMA has traded on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and in January 2018 was included in the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect.[7]

Facilities at Neot Hovav

Sales and operations

ADAMA sells its products in approximately 100 countries, through its 60 subsidiary companies around the world.[8] In 2018, ADAMA had sales of $3.881 billion, EBITDA of $653 million and net income of $249 million.[1]

ADAMA has chemical synthesis production facilities in Israel, China and Brazil; formulation facilities in Israel, China,[9] India,[10] Europe, North America and South America; and R&D facilities in Israel,[11] China[12] and India.[10]

References
  1. "Adama Financial Results - Q4". Adama. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  2. "Adama Annual Report 2018 - page 81" (PDF). Adama. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  3. "ChemChina Signs Makhteshim Deal With Israel's Dankner". Bloomberg. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  4. "Bloomberg - Are you a robot?". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  5. Makteshim-Agan changing name to Adama, Haaretz
  6. Editorial, Reuters. "Adama says Chinese regulator approves merger with Sanonda". U.S. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  7. "Adama trades shares on Shenzhen-Hong Kong linked exchange". Agrow. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  8. "Adama Semi-annual Report 2019 - page 8" (PDF). Adama. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  9. "ADAMA To Begin Operations In China". Business Facilities. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  10. BS, Reporter (August 25, 2015). "ADAMA India sets up a new formulations lab in Hyderabad". Business Standard. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  11. Habib-Valdhorn, Shiri (9 January 2019). "Adama opens Negev R&D center". Globes. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  12. "ADAMA's Global R&D Center Launches Operations in Nanjing". Cision. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
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