American Vanguard Corp. AVD

What this company does

American Vanguard Corporation operates a total of six manufacturing facilities, and at four of them — together with third-party formulators in the U.S. and at various international locations — it synthesizes technical grade active ingredients used in its end-use products and formulates and packages those products, while the other two facilities are biological fermentation sites, one in the U.S. and one in Mexico. AMVAC, a California corporation, is a manufacturer of chemical, biological and biorational products that develops and markets solutions for agricultural, commercial and consumer uses, synthesizing and formulating chemicals and fermenting and extracting microbial products for crops, turf, ornamental plants, and human and animal health protection; these products, including insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, soil health, plant nutrition, molluscicides, growth regulators, soil fumigants, and biorationals, are marketed in liquid, powder, and granular forms. The Company has one reportable segment. The Company's largest three customers accounted for 13%, 12%, and 12% of its sales in 2025. The Company employed 739 employees as of December 31, 2025. American Vanguard Corporation was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware in January 1969. AMVAC was incorporated under the name of Durham Chemical in August 1945, and its name was subsequently changed to AMVAC in January 1971.

Written from the business description in AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 16 March 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.