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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.

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American Vanguard names Matt Horwath as CFO in planned leadership transition

American Vanguard announced on October 1, 2026 that Matt Horwath will join the company as Chief Financial Officer effective October 1, 2026, succeeding David Johnson as part of a planned leadership transition. David Johnson will remain with the company as Chief Accounting Officer through March 2027 and will continue in a non-executive role until September 2027. Horwath joins American Vanguard with nearly 20 years of finance, accounting and public company leadership experience, most recently serving as Chief Financial Officer of Kustom US, Inc.
AVD · Capital · Neutral American Vanguard names Matt Horwath as CFO in a planned leadership transition, succeeding David Johnson.
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