# Bureau Veritas acquires KMA to expand agri-food business in Brazil

Bureau Veritas has completed the acquisition of Kuhlmann Monitoramento Agrícola Ltda. (KMA), a Brazilian leader in agricultural monitoring, cotton testing and biotechnology auditing of seeds. KMA has 250 employees and expected 2016 annual revenues of about EUR 12.5 million.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2016-12-21
- Where: Pinhais, Paraná, Brazil
- Jobs: 250
- Status: completed
- Products: agricultural monitoring services, cotton testing, biotechnology auditing of seeds
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Bureau Veritas](https://endata.com/companies/17981.md) (acquirer)
- [Kuhlmann Monitoramento Agrícola Ltda.](https://endata.com/companies/20908.md) (target)

## Sources

- [bnamericas.com](https://www.bnamericas.com/en/news/bureau-veritas-acquires-kma-to-expand-agri-food-business-in-brazil), 2016-12-21: "The addition of KMA enables us to diversify our activities in Brazil and makes Bureau Veritas a market leader in one of the biggest agricultural markets in the world in upstream services."

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