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Buenos Aires
(Headquarters)
Maipú 1210, 10° floor
Buenos Aires - C1006ACT
Tel: 5411-4316-2429
Fax: 5411-4316-2447
Zárate Plant
Ruta 12 km 83.1
Zárate (provincia de Buenos Aires)
Tel: 54-3487-44-4300
Size:
355 acres (144 hectares)
Current Employees:
240
Plant Manager:
Martín Gómez
World Area supplied by Zárate
LAS (Latin America South). This includes Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, and
Bolivia.
History
The Zárate Plant opened in 1956 as a polystyrene operation, being the first Monsanto
facility in Latin America. Several styrenic polymers such as PS (polystyrene), SAN
(styrene acrilonitrile), ABS (acrilonitrile butadiene styrene), and other chemical
products (PVC, Santoflex, etc) were made in the following decades. In 1982 the first
batch of Roundup® herbicide was produced, initiating Monsanto’s agricultural chemical
operations in Latin America South. In 1987, the first glyphosate unit was started
up with the original sulfuric process that was run until 1992.
In 1996, the acetochlor formulation unit was started up with Harness® and Guardian® herbicides, and in 1998 Flusol herbicide (fluorochloridone-based) was incorporated to this unit. In 1996, the Blending & Packaging operation for NutraSweet brand sweetener was launched, incorporating liquid sweetener formulations in 1997. In 1997, the Plastics business was divested and sold to Unistar (including the manufacturing operation) and the Zárate Plant became an agrichemical facility. In March, 2000, the business for NutraSweet was sold to Merisant. Roundup®, Harness® and Guardian® are registered trademarks of Monsanto Technology.
In 2000 Zarate Plant inaugurated its expansion on gliphosate production achieving a capacity of 31.7 MREGS. At this same year, with investments on the back end, the Zarate Gliphosate Plant became the Monsanto largest facility in Latin America. In 2001 the Zarate Plant expanded the DRY Unit capacity up to 13.8 MREGS. In 2003 Monsanto Argentina launched Roundup Full® based on a KOH salt formulation, and introduced a more concentrated KOH salt formulation in 2004. In 2005 Monsanto Argentina launched Roundup Amonio, replacing Roundup CLASSIC®, and Roundup Ultramax a premium dry formulation. Both new products are based on ammonium salt formulations.
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Ruta 188 km. 77
Pergamino (provincia de Buenos Aires)
Tel: 54-2477-439200
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Ruta 8 km 101
Fontezuela (provincia de Buenos Aires)
Tel: 54-2477-439200
María Eugenia Plant
Ruta provincial N° 31 (2 km far from crossing Ruta 188)
CC69
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Tel: 54-2475-496106
Camet Research Plant
Camino Provincial N° 7 altura km 3,5
Camet - Mar del Plata (provincia de Buenos Aires)
Tel: 54-223-460-0063
Seminis
Horacio Canesi #341
Matheu Escobar
Buenos Aires 1627
Seminis
Alfredo Nobel 3745, Guaymallen
Mendoza
Monsanto – DEKALB
Interseccion Ruta
Provincial 31 y Acceso a Ines Indar
Buenos Aires 2742
Monsanto – DEKALB
Ruta 31 y Ruta 108
Rojas (2705)
Buenos Aires
Monsanto – DEKALB
Ruta #226, Km. 7
Mar del Plata (7600)
Buenos Aires
