Collaboration to Advance Biomanufacturing Technologies for Crop Protection Products Announced

Ingenza has reached a major technical milestone with Syngenta in their collaboration to develop efficient manufacturing technologies for innovative crop protection products. Ingenza’s leadership in industrial biotechnology and synthetic biology has been validated by this application of key microbial gene maintenance and expression technologies which will now be further developed by Syngenta. The collaboration capitalises on Ingenza’s proprietary inABLE suite of capabilities in gene expression, microbial strain improvement and bioprocess scale up.

Dr Ian Fotheringham, Managing Director at Ingenza said “We are delighted by the results of our collaboration with Syngenta. Ingenza’s innovative technologies add significant value to further support Syngenta’s leading position in agricultural biotechnology. Ingenza looks forward to establishing an exceptional partnership with Syngenta, working together to enhance global agriculture and food security.

Dr Paul Oeller, Head of Technology Acquisition at Syngenta said “There are significant challenges associated with finding new technologies to feed the world’s population and we are always looking to work with external technology providers to achieve these goals. It has been a pleasure working with the Ingenza team. The collaborative and innovative culture shared between the Ingenza and Syngenta teams has made this collaboration a success. We are excited about the next phase of work to further evaluate the technology.”