About Us

Valent BioSciences is a global leader in the research, development, and commercialization of highly effective, low-risk, and environmentally compatible technologies and products for agriculture, public health, and forest health.

Delivering innovation to every corner of the globe

Through the power of fermentation and microbiology, Valent BioSciences develops biorational products that create value and solve problems for customers around the world. These products include environmentally compatible bioinsecticides and plant growth regulators that are naturally occurring or chemically derived, and are used in sustainable systems.

Our best-in-class technology assessment, formulation expertise, development experience, and product quality are trusted by our customers and industry peers alike.

Valent BioSciences is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., a global leader in developing creative solutions for health and crop sciences. For more than a century, Sumitomo Chemical has been at the cutting edge of solving problems that face the global community.

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Our Facilities

Our more than 90,000-square-foot research facility in Libertyville, Illinois, and our 130,000 square-foot biorational manufacturing facility in Osage, Iowa — the largest purpose-built biorational facility in the world — enable us to innovate and create efficacious biorational products.

Our Sales Affiliates

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To deliver our biorational solutions to customers in a timely and efficient manner, Valent BioSciences works with numerous regional sales affiliates around the world.

These sales affiliates are dedicated to distributing not only Valent BioSciences’ biorational products, but conventional products from Sumitomo Chemical and other companies as well.

Our solutions create an impact around the world

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Corporate Social Value

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As a global leader in the development and commercialization of biorational products, Valent BioSciences has a strong commitment to both sustainability and corporate social value. Being a responsible corporate citizen has been ingrained in our culture ever since the company’s founding. Today, it remains at the forefront of everything we do.

Our Company Values

At Valent BioSciences, we look to our company values to guide us in every decision we make, from research to production and beyond.

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Emotion

Passion, Respect, Courage, Confidence

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Ethics

Safety, Sustainability, Compliance, Commitment

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Execution

Results-oriented, Nimble, Collaborative, Forward-thinking

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Environment

Fun, Science-Based, Innovative, Entrepreneurial

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