Bayer CropScience subsidiary HILD samen GmbH has opened enlarged seed technology facilities at its site in Marbach am Neckar in Germany. The company plans to process and store its vegetable and herb seeds centrally at the 4,000 m2 premises in the future and invested some €4 million in the facilities.

Achim Noack, board member at Bayer CropScience with responsibility for product supply said: “The vegetable seed business is of outstanding importance for Bayer CropScience. Our objective is to exploit this good technological position in order to achieve stronger growth in this segment in the future."

The Marbach site now covers an area of more than 17 hectares.