Thursday, December 20, 2007
Nunhems’ Intense™ nominated for the Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2008
Nunhems new tomato concept Intense™ among the 10 most outstanding innovations of the year
Monheim, December 20, 2007 – Nunhems’ Intense™ tomato has been nominated for the Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2008. Messe Berlin and Fruchthandel Magazine grant this award for outstanding innovation in the fresh produce sector and its service industries. As nominated for the award, Intense™ will be presented to the visitors of Fruit Logistica in a special exhibition area, from February 7 – 9, 2008 in Berlin.
Nunhems’ Intense™ tomato is a full-flesh tomato with a higher density, which does not lose its juice. The high density of Intense™ makes it a convenient tomato for slicing, dicing and cutting in any other form without losing its shape. The ability to retain the juice results in a lasting fresh appearance after cutting. These characteristics, together with the deep red color make Intense™ a very convenient tomato for fresh salads, pizza toppings, wraps, sandwiches or as a cooking tomato.
With Intense™, tomato becomes an attractive and cost-effective part of everyday pre-cut salads and meals eaten in or out-of-home.
Tomato is already one of the most important crops for Nunhems, the vegetable seed business of Bayer CropScience. The company’s expert approach is recognized by Unilever, with whom Nunhems co-develops processing tomato varieties on taste, nutrition and health. Besides these traits Nunhems’ focusses its breeding also on yield and labour saving characteristics. Intense™, Nunhems’ important innovation for the fresh market and food service, creates a break-through in the market for fresh tomato. For further information go to www.intensetomatoes.com
The Bayer Group is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials. Bayer CropScience AG, a subsidiary of Bayer AG with annual sales of about EUR 5.7 billion (2006), is one of the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of crop protection, non-agricultural pest control, seeds and plant biotechnology. The company offers an outstanding range of products and extensive service backup for modern, sustainable agriculture and for non-agricultural applications. Bayer CropScience has a global workforce of about 17,900 and is represented in more than 120 countries. This and further news is available at: www.newsroom.bayercropscience.com.
The company’s vegetable seed business operates under the name of Nunhems. Nunhems® is a global specialist in vegetable seeds and sharing products, concepts and expertise with the professional horticultural production industry and supply chain. Its portfolio includes varieties and brands in crops such as leek, onion, carrot, melon, cucumber, tomato, watermelon, lettuce, pepper and chicory witloof. With annual sales of EUR 190 million in 2006, Nunhems is among the world´s four leading vegetable seed companies with an extensive range of 28 species and some 2,500 varieties. With more than 1,200 people Nunhems is present in all major vegetable production areas in the world.
Contact:
Bayer CropScience AG, Monheim, Germany
Annette Josten, Phone: +49 2173 38-5788
E-mail: annette.josten@bayercropscience.com
Nunhems Netherlands B.V.
Uwe Dijkshoorn, Phone: +31 (0) 475 599 226
Mobile: +31 (0) 6 1500 4765
E-mail: u.dijkshoorn@nunhems.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements based on current assumptions and forecasts made by Bayer CropScience AG management. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future consolidated results, financial situation, development or performance of the Bayer CropScience AG or our parent company, Bayer AG, and the estimates given here. These factors include those discussed in Bayer AG's public reports filed with the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (including Bayer AG's Form 20-F). Neither Bayer AG nor Bayer CropScience AG assumes any liability whatsoever to update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to future events or developments.
Nunhems’ Intense™ tomato is a full-flesh tomato with a higher density, which does not lose its juice. The high density of Intense™ makes it a convenient tomato for slicing, dicing and cutting in any other form without losing its shape. The ability to retain the juice results in a lasting fresh appearance after cutting. These characteristics, together with the deep red color make Intense™ a very convenient tomato for fresh salads, pizza toppings, wraps, sandwiches or as a cooking tomato.
With Intense™, tomato becomes an attractive and cost-effective part of everyday pre-cut salads and meals eaten in or out-of-home.
Tomato is already one of the most important crops for Nunhems, the vegetable seed business of Bayer CropScience. The company’s expert approach is recognized by Unilever, with whom Nunhems co-develops processing tomato varieties on taste, nutrition and health. Besides these traits Nunhems’ focusses its breeding also on yield and labour saving characteristics. Intense™, Nunhems’ important innovation for the fresh market and food service, creates a break-through in the market for fresh tomato. For further information go to www.intensetomatoes.com
The Bayer Group is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials. Bayer CropScience AG, a subsidiary of Bayer AG with annual sales of about EUR 5.7 billion (2006), is one of the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of crop protection, non-agricultural pest control, seeds and plant biotechnology. The company offers an outstanding range of products and extensive service backup for modern, sustainable agriculture and for non-agricultural applications. Bayer CropScience has a global workforce of about 17,900 and is represented in more than 120 countries. This and further news is available at: www.newsroom.bayercropscience.com.
The company’s vegetable seed business operates under the name of Nunhems. Nunhems® is a global specialist in vegetable seeds and sharing products, concepts and expertise with the professional horticultural production industry and supply chain. Its portfolio includes varieties and brands in crops such as leek, onion, carrot, melon, cucumber, tomato, watermelon, lettuce, pepper and chicory witloof. With annual sales of EUR 190 million in 2006, Nunhems is among the world´s four leading vegetable seed companies with an extensive range of 28 species and some 2,500 varieties. With more than 1,200 people Nunhems is present in all major vegetable production areas in the world.
Contact:
Bayer CropScience AG, Monheim, Germany
Annette Josten, Phone: +49 2173 38-5788
E-mail: annette.josten@bayercropscience.com
Nunhems Netherlands B.V.
Uwe Dijkshoorn, Phone: +31 (0) 475 599 226
Mobile: +31 (0) 6 1500 4765
E-mail: u.dijkshoorn@nunhems.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements based on current assumptions and forecasts made by Bayer CropScience AG management. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future consolidated results, financial situation, development or performance of the Bayer CropScience AG or our parent company, Bayer AG, and the estimates given here. These factors include those discussed in Bayer AG's public reports filed with the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (including Bayer AG's Form 20-F). Neither Bayer AG nor Bayer CropScience AG assumes any liability whatsoever to update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to future events or developments.
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