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Incotec is the seed enhancement company

As part of Croda's Life Sciences business, we specialise in improving the performance and resilience of agricultural seed through seed technology. This leads to a better crop result. We work with seed for field crops and vegetables. The seed enhancement work we do, contributes significantly to the development of sustainable agriculture.

healthy seedling in dry ground illustrating Incotec's solutions for abiotic stress to plants

Mitigating abiotic stress to create resilient crops

This whitepaper looks at four strategies for dealing with abiotic stress: priming, biostimulants, breeding, and farming practices.
Incotec researcher working on biologicals for use in agriculture

Formulating biologicals for agriculture

The use of biologicals in agriculture has wide applicability, but what do we mean by biologicals and what are the challenges? Discover this and more in our whitepaper.
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A microplastic free future for seed treatments

As new microplastics legislation transforms agriculture, what does the future hold and how do we get there?
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Sustainable innovation from seed to harvest

We worked with independent partners to validate the importance and relevance of the United Nation's SDGs for our footprint. This whitepaper has information on the SDGs that are positively impacted.
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Incotec - A Croda Brand

Incotec is part of Croda's Life Sciences business. Croda is a specialist chemical manufacturer with a growing agricultural portfolio which includes Incotec's seed enhancement products and technologies. 

Croda formulates its purpose as 'Smart science to improve lives'. Incotec aligns fully with this by developing solutions that contribute to feeding the world through sustainable agriculture.

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What we do

Incotec has various innovative technologies that improve the resilience and performance of seeds. We have a great deal of knowledge not only in the field of biology and physiology (the seed), but in technique and formulations too. That is what makes us the experts in combining the living seed with different coatings and other products such as plant protection products and nutrients.
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Seed technologies

Our technologies are designed to improve the vitality and performance of vegetable and field crops seeds and in this way contribute to global food security. These technologies range from cleaning, upgrading and priming (pre-germination) to pelleting, film coating and encrusting. 
 
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Microplastic-free seed coatings

With the sale of seed treatments with intentionally added microplastics to be banned in Europe in 2028 and other regions of the world also expected to look critically at their use of microplastics, the need for microplastic-free seed treatments has never been greater. Helping customers get ahead of a major regulatory impact, we are expanding our line of microplastic-free seed coatings. Our new-generation seed solutions include products for both vegetables and field crops. 
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Where we operate

Incotec's products are customised to meet the requirements of specific crops and their particular growing conditions and climates. That's why we have production and sales offices all around the world serving customers on every continent.
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