American Vanguard Corporation

American Vanguard Corporation through its subsidiaries develops manufactures and markets specialty chemicals for agricultural commercial and consumer uses in the United States and internationally It manufactures and formulates chemicals including insecticides fungicides herbicides molluscicides soil health plant nutrition growth regulators and soil fumigants in liquid powder and granular forms for crops turf and ornamental plants and human and animal health protection The company also markets sells and distributes enduse chemical and biological products for crop applications and distributes chemicals for turf and ornamental markets It distributes its products through national distribution companies and buying groups or cooperatives and through sales offices sales force executives sales agents and wholly owned distributors The company was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Newport Beach California