In the agricultural season of 2021, the August company for the first time supplied for farmers plant protection preparations with active ingredients of our own production. The active ingredients are produced at the company's plant in China. Enterprises of "August" in Russia and Belarus have already produced on their basis almost 2 million liters of fungicides and disinfectants. The synthesis of its own active ingredients allows the company to establish uninterrupted supplies for the production of key raw materials, which means that it will even more reliably provide Russian farmers with effective plant protection products.
The August plant for the synthesis of active ingredients for plant protection chemicals (CCPP) was established in Hubei province as a Russian-Chinese joint venture. It was named Hubei Avgust Pesticide Co. Ltd. The construction of the plant is carried out in stages, and after the launch of all workshops, its production capacity will be 7,5 thousand tons of active substances annually, and their range will include more than 30 items. In 2020, the first workshops of the plant were put into operation, and the "August" company became the first domestic manufacturer of full cycle plant protection products, which not only develops and produces various formulations of pesticides, but also creates the main active ingredients for them.
The presence of own production of the most demanded active substances in the future will allow the enterprises of "August" to optimize the delivery times and the cost of the final product, as well as avoid the risks of a shortage of raw materials on the market or of insufficient quality.
The first active ingredients that were synthesized at the Augusta plant were propiconazole and tebuconazole. They are broad-spectrum fungicides that protect plants from a variety of phytopathogens and the diseases they cause. Both fungicides are systemic, that is, they can easily penetrate plant tissues. These substances suppress the process of biosynthesis of ergosterol, which is part of the cell membranes of phytopathogens, as a result, the cell walls are destroyed, and the causative agent of the disease dies. Among themselves, these active substances differ in the spectrum of suppressed pathogens. Tebuconazole has a preventive and curative effect, it is highly effective against diseases such as Alternaria, Fusarium and various types of rust. Propiconazole has a prophylactic, strong healing and destructive effect, suppresses sporulation in pathogens and interferes with the development of powdery mildews.
By mid-April 2021, 120 tons of propiconazole and 504 tons of tebuconazole were received at the August plants in Russia and Belarus. In the near future, another 260 tons of propiconazole and 168 tons of tebuconazole are expected to be delivered.
Today's own active ingredients are used in the production of such fungicides as Kolosal, Kolosal Pro, Baliy, as well as a number of cereal seed disinfectants.
“At the beginning of April, 1899 thousand liters of fungicidal preparations and seed disinfectants were produced from the received propiconazole and tebuconazole,” sums up Sergey Alemaskin, Production Director of the August company. “In addition, a pilot batch of metamitron, an active substance for the production of a herbicidal preparation, has already been developed and should be shipped in the near future in the amount of 30 tons.”