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For Immediate Release Contact: Brian Lawrence, Director of Communications
Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc Receives Label Approval on Metam Potassium (Phoenix, Arizona, July31, 2006)— Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc., (TKI) announced today the Environmental Protection Agency approval for its metam potassium label, an alternative to methyl bromide. This metam potassium soil fumigant will be marketed under the trade name Sectagon®-K54. Sectagon-K54, a soil fumigant solution for all crops may be applied by chemigation, soil injection or soil bedding equipment to suppress and/or control soil-borne pests which attack ornamentals, food and fiber crops. Because Sectagon-K54 contains potassium and is sodium free, it is recommended for use in crops that benefit from potassium and in high sodium and high pH soils. Thus far, Sectagon-K54 has received state registration in Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Utah, Nebraska, Texas, Georgia and South Carolina Sectagon-K54 is available to growers for use this season through TKI’s distributor network. Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, produces and markets specialty chemical solutions, including fertilizers, soil fumigants and process chemicals and services to a diverse market in the United States, Mexico, Central and South America and selected countries throughout the world. TKI, a part of the Tessenderlo Group, Brussels, Belgium, has 8 manufacturing plants in North America, an Arizona based Research & Development facility and an extensive terminal network.
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TESSENDERLO KERLEY, INC., member of TESSENDERLO GROUP P. O. Box 15627, Phoenix, Arizona 85060-5627
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