Lebanon, Penn.-Lebanon Seaboard Corp. said Jan. 14 that it has acquired the U.S. horticultural and turf division of Plant Health Care, Inc. Established in 1995 in Pittsburgh, Penn., Lebanon said PHC is a pioneer among manufacturers of biologically based products for all segments of the green industry. This includes research applied to fertility products incorporating beneficial microbes, mycorrhizal fungi, and soil nutrients. In addition to the PHC brands that had been marketed through the company’s horticultural and turf division, several PHC executives and sales personnel will join LebanonTurf, the professional division of Lebanon Seaboard, under terms of the agreement. Lebanon says the acquisition reinforces its commitment to the growing field of biological plant nutrition. PHC complements Lebanon’s 2009 acquisition of Novozymes’ turf and landscape business, including the Roots products and technologies, and its 2008 acquisition of the Emerald Isle line of foliar and granular fertilizer products from Milliken Chemical. Terms of the agreement between privately held Lebanon Seaboard, whose LebanonTurf division focuses on the professional turf industry, and PHC, a public company with global headquarters in Pittsburgh, were not disclosed.
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