American Vanguard Corporation

American Vanguard Corporation, through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets synthetic, biological, and biorational products for agricultural, commercial, and consumer uses in the United States and internationally. The company synthesizes and formulates chemicals and produces microbial products for crops, turf, ornamental plants, and human and animal health protection. These include insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, soil health products, plant nutrition, molluscicides, growth regulators, soil fumigants, and biorationals in liquid, powder, and granular forms. It distributes through national distribution companies, buying groups, cooperatives, sales offices, wholly owned distributors, sales executives, and sales agents. Incorporated in 1969, the company is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.