CropLife America Launched

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Pat Getter, 202-872-3893, pgetter@acpa.org
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WASHINGTON (Nov. 30, 2001) - The American Crop Protection Association will become CropLife America Jan. 1, reflecting the broadening scope of the plant science industry's focus and activities.

"This is more than just a name change, it's a change in the way we think about our industry and its positive contributions to society," said James C. Borel, ACPA chairman of the board and president, crop protection, DuPont Agriculture and Nutrition. "CropLife America will reflect our industry's multiple technologies, including agricultural biotechnology and crop protection chemicals. With this new mandate, we will do our utmost to communicate to our many constituencies, especially the public, in a transparent and proactive manner, addressing societal concerns while pursuing our goals of achieving food security and agricultural sustainability."

"The CropLife America name will align us with our industry's global federation, CropLife International, and its broader mission of meeting the challenges posed to worldwide agriculture in the new century," added ACPA president Jay J. Vroom. "ACPA and CropLife America are the largest members of our global federation, which is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium." CropLife International was launched in June 2001; it was formerly known as the Global Crop Protection Federation.

CropLife America was founded in 1933 as the Agricultural Insecticide and Fungicide Association. In 1949, the name was changed to the National Agricultural Chemicals Association and in 1994 it was changed to American Crop Protection Association. CropLife America's 78 members are global leaders in the development of existing and emerging agricultural technologies for the enhancement of crop production.

A special launch event is scheduled to debut the new CropLife America name Tuesday evening Dec. 11, 2001 in Washington, D.C.

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Established in 1933, CropLife America (formerly the American Crop Protection Association) represents the developers, manufacturers, formulators and distributors
of plant science solutions for agriculture and pest management in the United States. CropLife America member companies produce, sell and distribute virtually all the crop protection and biotechnology products used by American farmers.

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