<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 24): Hextar Global Bhd has inked a distributor agreement with Sumitomo Chemical Vietnam Co Ltd (SCV) for the latter to exclusively distribute Hextar’s Hallmark 150 SL herbicide in Vietnam.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>In a filing, the company said that the product is a herbicide that is used in the controlling of weeds in rubber plantations.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>It said the contract is for five years effective Oct 24, 2019, with an optional extension for another one year, with an estimated value of RM15 million over the period.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>“Sumitomo Chemical Asia Pte Ltd, based in Singapore, has been our long-term regional strategic partner and we have been mutually working closely together to distribute each party brand products bilaterally while exploring possibilities to support formulation and manufacturing of agrochemicals.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>“It would be a great pleasure for SCV to distribute Hextar’s product in Vietnam and certainly Hextar has established itself as a well-known regional player in the agrochemical industry,” said Hextar executive director Datuk Eddie Ong Choo Meng.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>SCV is a subsidiary of Sumitomo Chemical Asia, which in turn is a unit of Japan-based Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd, a leading chemical company.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Hextar fell 2.5 sen or 3.6% to 67 sen, giving it a market capitalisation of RM549.86 million.</p></div>


Hextar Global Bhd has inked a distributor agreement with Sumitomo Chemical Vietnam Co Ltd (SCV) for the latter to exclusively distribute Hextar’s Hallmark 150 SL herbicide in Vietnam.

In a filing, the company said that the product is a herbicide that is used in the controlling of weeds in rubber plantations

Hextar signs five-year agreement for distribution of its herbicide in Vietnam

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