Libertyville firm partners with global mosquito company

Valent BioSciences in Libertyville said it formed a strategic partnership with ADAPCO, a large distributor of products for the professional mosquito control industry.

Valent is a global biorational solutions company for public health, forest health and agriculture said as part of the agreement, ADAPCO will become the exclusive distributor of VBC's broad range of biological-based mosquito control technologies in the US, Puerto Rico, and the Cayman Islands.

The move aligns the two companies in an effort to better serve vector management programs across the U.S. and Caribbean.

"This partnership creates an exciting future for VBC's Public Health business, its customers, and the people we protect," said Steve Krause, global business director for VBC's public health and forestry businesses. "We operate in a highly technical industry, and ADAPCO's proven history of excellence in the design and operation of equipment, field support, customer service, and the handling of our solutions made it a clear choice going forward."

Krause indicates the partnership blossomed through ADAPCO's work with VBC's award winning technology across five Western states. VBC won a 2017 Chicago Innovation Award for its Wide Area Larvicide Spray application technology.

Headquartered in Libertyville, Valent BioSciences is a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sumitomo Chemical Company and is a leader in the development, manufacturing and commercialization of biorational products with sales in 95 countries around the world.