Helping farmers produce higher yields and better quality food to feed the world is at the heart of what we do.
Leaders in adjuvant technology
As the UK’s leading adjuvant supplier and with a strong presence in Europe, we work in partnership with farmers, distributors, and experts within the agricultural industry to help protect crops across the globe from pests, weeds, diseases, and more recently, climate change, that impact the food we eat.
We’re a results driven, leading adjuvant and biostimulant business helping to optimise the performance of crop protection inputs and plant health in order to help address those very issues our farmers have to cope with every day.
Innovative solutions
We have a wide portfolio of products to optimise the performance of pesticides at every stage of the spray delivery process. Our class leading biostimulants are also proven to help crops reach their yield and quality potential by reducing abiotic stress and improving plant health.
Our product range:
Adjuvants
Water conditioners
Anti-foaming
Anti-drift
Soil conditioners
Soil stabilisers
Pod stickers
Biostimulants
Supporting the industry for over 25 years
Privately owned and leading the way
Established in 1994 by agrochemical specialist Mike Roche, we’ve been at the forefront of adjuvant technology for over 25 years.
Trading in 26 countries across the world
Using our expertise and innovative techniques, together with only the best ingredients, we continue to produce reliable and sustainable solutions in a range of crops in 26 countries across the World, including:
United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Bulgaria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Turkey, Netherlands, Hungary, and Romania.
Over 150 years of experience
With over 150 years of agricultural experience within the team, we’ve got a pretty good understanding of the issues in growing a high performing profitable crop and the challenges involved in optimising crop protection.
We’re a culture of innovators and problem solvers who prove the two aren’t mutually exclusive, constantly striving to apply our adjuvant expertise to help you optimise every spray. We don’t believe in playing second fiddle and never rest until we’ve found a solution to the next problem.
The team
We might be a relatively small team compared to some, but we have a real passion for what we do. That same passion we feel for our suppliers, partners and customers so we go out of our way to make sure we don’t only deliver the reliable innovative solutions you expect, but we also make our expertise, people and products accessible when you need it. We’ll also make it easy and make it work because for us, it never really is just business, it’s personal.
Managing Director
Emma Ralph
With a passion for people and agricultural leadership, Emma took on the role as Managing Director in October 2018 and has an extensive background in the crop protection industry. She also knows a bit about adjuvants!
Commercial Technical Manager
Peter Endes
Delighted to introduce our latest recruit Peter Endes. Peter has an extensive background in the biologicals and crop protection market and is our new Commercial Technical Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa regions.
Regulatory and R&D Manager
Ed Heywood
Ed is in charge of product registrations and research and development activities.
Marketing Manager
Sarah Ferrie
Sarah is the lead for all of our marketing activities and your contact for anything marketing, press or media related.
Technical Manager
Stuart Sutherland
Your man for trials and any technical questions from the field, Stuart has a wealth of crop protection experience to call upon. He’s also pretty handy with a drone!
Director
Ad de Jong
Based in our Utrecht office in The Netherlands, Ad has an extensive background in crop protection across Europe.
Sales Assistant
Kim Rawlings
Often at the end of the phone when you call us at the office.
R&D Consultant
Robert Butselaar
Robert is the man in the white coat behind many of our innovations.
Production and Logistics Manager
Ronnie Underhill
Ron takes care of procurement, manufacturing and all product deliveries.
Commercial Director
Will Ramsay
Our commercial lead within the company, with responsibilities for sales in UK and rest of the World.
Supply Chain Manager
Ananya Singh
Ananya is our International Supply Chain Manager. She is the newest member of the team and brings a wealth of expertise and experience in international logistics, export documentation and compliance.
Diving deep into grower challenges
We know the best products come from teams who aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty, think outside the box and collaborate every day.
We’re focused on forging strong partnerships with suppliers and users of our products to ensure we bring effective solutions to market that you can rely on. We go out of our way to fully immerse ourselves in the issue and develop innovative technology that adds value.
Innovate, prototype, test, repeat
With our pioneering spirit and relentless passion to bring only the best solutions to market, produced with the best ingredients, we operate to the highest standards and invest heavily in research and development.
We invest 5% of turnover in research every year
Plant pathology
Molecular biology
Droplet integrity
Tank mix compatibility
Fields trials safety & efficacy
Our research partners
We don't expect you to take our word for it, so we work with a wide range of independent organisations to really put our products to the test so you can have the confidence they really do perform as you'd expect. Here are just a few of the research organisations we work with.
We have a range of innovative solutions to help you get the most from every spray
Use our solution finder to find the right product for you.
Require technical assistance or product information? Please get in touch with our Technical Manager, Stuart Sutherland.
For all other general enquiries, please email or call us at the office. If you’d prefer, drop us a message using our contact form and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
