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|operating_income = US $2.105 billion (2014)〔> |net_income = US $1.622 billion (2014)〔> |assets = US $19.93 billion (end 2014)〔> |equity = US $8.906 billion (end 2014)〔> |num_employees = 28,150 (end 2013)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Annual Report 2013 )〕> |homepage = (syngenta.com ) |intl = yes }} Syngenta AG is a global Swiss agribusiness that produces agrochemicals and seeds. As a biotechnology company, it conducts genomic research. It was formed in 2000 by the merger of Novartis Agribusiness and Zeneca Agrochemicals. Syngenta was the world’s largest crop chemical producer, strongest in Europe. it ranked third in seeds and biotechnology sales. Sales in 2014 were approximately US$15.1 billion, over half of which were in emerging markets.〔 ==History== Based in Basel, Switzerland, Syngenta was formed in 2000 by the merger of Novartis Agribusiness and Zeneca Agrochemicals.〔Andrew Ross Sorkin for the New York Times. 3 December 1999 (AstraZeneca and Novartis To Shed Agricultural Units ) Accessed 27 May 2013〕〔Staff, PRNewsWire. 13 November 2000. (Syngenta Begins Trading on the New York Stock Exchange ) Accessed 27 May 2013〕 Its roots are considerably older. Novartis was formed of the 1995 merger of the three Swiss companies: Geigy, which has roots back to 1758;〔Staff, The Mineralogical Record Biographical Archive. (J.R. Geigy (1830-1917) )〕 Sandoz Laboratories which was founded in 1876; and Ciba, founded in 1884. Ciba and Geigy had merged in 1971 and had concentrated mainly on crop protection in its agro division, Sandoz more on seeds. Zeneca Agrochemicals was part of AstraZeneca, and formerly of Imperial Chemical Industries. ICI was formed in the UK in 1926. Two years later, work began at the Agricultural Research Station at Jealotts Hill near Bracknell.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www3.syngenta.com/country/uk/en/about/Pages/AboutUs.aspx )〕 In 2004, Syngenta Seeds purchased Garst, the North American corn and soybean business of Advanta, as well as Golden Harvest Seeds. On 5 December 2004, the European Union ended a six-year moratorium when it approved imports of two varieties of genetically modified corn sold by Monsanto and its Swiss rival, Syngenta.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= European roadblock to biotech crops starts to crumble )〕 In 2005, Syngenta opposed a Swiss ban on genetically engineered organisms. On 28 November 2005, Switzerland enacted a five-year ban on the farming of genetically modified crops, underscoring the problems facing the European Commission and biotech companies like Syngenta, Bayer and Monsanto as they try to overcome consumer doubts about safety.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Swiss Voters Approve Ban on Genetically Altered Crops )〕 Syngenta's main competitors are Monsanto Company, BASF, Dow AgroSciences, Bayer CropScience and DuPont Pioneer.〔Agropages.com 25 Mar. 2014 (Top six agrochemical firms grew steady in 2013 )〕 In 2014, Monsanto sought to acquire Syngenta for a reported $40 billion, but Syngenta rejected the offer.〔 Since April 2015 Monsanto and Syngenta had been working with their investment banks Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs respectively on a deal. The U.S. Treasury tried to stop the deal for tax inversion. Syngenta's Board of Directors rejected an even better offer by Monsanto during August 2015, and Monsanto withdrew from the negotiations on 26 August. According to the Swiss business weekly, Finanz und Wirtschaft, many Syngenta shareholders were enraged, both by the company's refusal to enter into takeover negotiations with Monsanto, and with the subsequent offer withdrawal. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Verheissungen )〕 This resulted in a group of investors responding by creating the ''Alliance of Critical Syngenta Shareholders'', which urged the Board to "evaluate all options for value creation without prejudice".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/17/syngenta-shareholders-idUSL8N12H06620151017 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Syngenta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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