About Us

The Bayer UK/Ireland Region is part of the global concern Bayer AG, based in Leverkusen, Germany, with almost 109,000 employees worldwide and a yearly turnover of more than 33 billion Euros across its three main business areas - HealthCare, MaterialScience and CropScience.

In Europe, where 44% of the company's turnover resides, the UK/Ireland region is placed fifth with close to one billion Euros in sales, 1,380 employees and three main operating companies, whose activities mirror Bayer's operations globally.

Bayer has been trading in the UK/Ireland region since Friedrich Bayer first sold his dyestuffs here in 1871. Early business was handled through the offices of engineering company JM Steel, then through Bayer's own operations, based in Manchester, then Surrey and, latterly, in Newbury, Berkshire.

Bayer focuses strongly on the key goals of improving profit performance and cost efficiency, leading to top line growth and, ultimately, added value for all its stakeholders - customers, suppliers, shareholders, employees and its local communities.

The company has CropScience production units in the UK/Ireland region, making it a major exporter. There are also importers, distributors and sales and marketing specialists.

We aim to increase value for the benefit of all our stakeholders in every country and community in which we operate. 

• Innovation is the foundation for our competitiveness and growth.
• Our employees use their talents to shape the future of the company.
• We believe in our responsibility to contribute to sustainable development.

Bayer has over 10,000 products, found in virtually every area of human activity. One thing they all have in common is that they are derived from, or related to chemistry. Another characteristic is that many of them are unrecognisable to the man in the street, as they are often raw materials that go to make a consumer product. There are well known exceptions, such as Alka Seltzer, Berocca, Baby Bio and Levitra, which enjoy a high profile.

The company is equally proud to be associated with some of the region's - indeed the world's - biggest brands, which use Bayer's materials in the manufacture of their own world-beating products.