Ginkgo Bioworks and Sumitomo Chemical announce expanded partnership to develop functional chemicals with synthetic biology

Sumitomo Chemical Group, including over 100 subsidiaries and affiliates, operates businessses in five sectors - basic chemcials, petrochemicals, IT-related chemcials, health & crop sciences, and pharmaceuticals - and provides products worldwide that support a wide variety of industries and help epople's daily lives.

For crop protection products, they handle insecticides that are effective on a range of insects that cause damage to crops, trees, and pasture plants; herbicides for a variety of crops, including rice and soybeans; and fungicides to help prevent plant diseases and soil-borne infections. In order to respond to diverse needs with the spread of environmentally friendly agriculture, they supply a wide spectrum of products, including biological pesticides.