American Vanguard Corporation is a Delaware holding company that manufactures and sells agricultural and specialty chemicals through subsidiaries including AMVAC Chemical Corporation, which produces insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, soil health products, molluscicides, growth regulators, and biorationals in various forms for agricultural, commercial, and consumer markets. The company also operates specialty businesses serving pharmaceutical, cosmetic, nutritional, turf and ornamental markets through subsidiaries like GemChem, OHP, and TyraTech, with products distributed domestically through national distributors and cooperatives and internationally through sales offices, wholly-owned distributors, and agents across Central and South America, Australia, New Zealand, and India. American Vanguard manufactures its own proprietary products and provides custom manufacturing services, generates revenue primarily through purchase-order sales with short fulfillment cycles, operates six manufacturing facilities including synthesizing and biological fermentation sites, and competes on product quality, efficacy, price, technical service, and customer support in both niche markets and against larger competitors.