Syngenta
Agricultural technology group managed from Basel and registered in Shanghai, with crop protection, seeds, ADAMA and China units. It reported 2025 sales of $28.4 billion.
Industry: Agricultural technology (crop protection and seeds) | Location: Basel, Switzerland | Founded: 2000
About Syngenta
Syngenta Group is an agricultural technology company registered in Shanghai and managed from Basel, Switzerland. It says it has more than 50,000 employees in over 90 countries. It has four business units: Syngenta Crop Protection, based in Switzerland, Syngenta Seeds in the United States, ADAMA in Israel and Syngenta Group China.
Wikipedia says Syngenta was formed on 13 November 2000 in Basel from Novartis's agribusiness and Zeneca's agrochemicals business. ChemChina offered $43 billion for it in February 2016, and the deal closed on 26 June 2017. In June 2020 ChemChina's agricultural assets, ADAMA and Sinochem's agricultural activities were combined as Syngenta Group, which Wikipedia describes as wholly owned by the state-owned Sinochem. Li Fanrong, who also chairs Sinochem Holdings, has chaired the board since September 2022. Hengde Qin became chief executive on 1 August 2026, succeeding Jeff Rowe, and Nelson Jiang has been chief financial officer since March 2026.
The company's businesses cover crop protection, seeds, biologicals and digital farming, including the CROPWISE and Shoots by Syngenta platforms. It reports a regional line for Asia, the Middle East and Africa excluding China.
In May 2026 Syngenta agreed to move its Flowers business into a joint venture with Dümmen Orange. In June 2026 it signed an agreement to be a strategic partner in Annam.AI, an Indian open-data agricultural programme driven by IIT Ropar. In October 2026 it announced a partnership with Kyoyu Agri on a rice herbicide based on Cyclopyranil, to be sold in Asian markets.
Syngenta Group reported 2025 sales of $28.4 billion, down 1 percent, and EBITDA of $4.4 billion, up 13 percent. Crop Protection sales were $13.7 billion, Seeds $4.8 billion, ADAMA $4.1 billion and Group China $8.3 billion. Sinofert Holdings was transferred to Sinochem Holdings on 31 December 2025.
For the first half of 2026 it reported sales of $12.2 billion, down 2 percent, and EBITDA of $2.4 billion, up 2 percent. A TechScoop article of August 2026 names Syngenta among the paying customers of Mitti Labs.
Leadership
- Hengde Qin, Chief Executive Officer
- Nelson Jiang, Chief Financial Officer
- Steven Hawkins, President, Syngenta Crop Protection
- Gaël Hili, President and Chief Executive Officer, ADAMA