Excel Crop Care

What Excel Crop Care does

Excel Crop Care is a publicly traded Indian agrochemical and crop protection company (BSE: 532511) headquartered in Mumbai, founded in 1941 with 5,001-10,000 employees. The company manufactures and distributes crop protection chemicals, with a flagship position in aluminium phosphide tablets for post-harvest fumigation, where it holds 78% of the global market. Distribution spans agricultural supply chains across North America, Europe, and China, targeting grain and seed producers for stored-product pest control.

The company has extended into precision agriculture services, offering laboratory crop testing (soil pH, macro/micronutrient analysis, contaminant screening), IoT-based soil monitoring, variable-rate application support, and advanced genetic-level diagnostics. Its technology stack integrates lab testing, IoT sensors, big data analytics, and artificial intelligence for crop performance prediction, aimed at enabling data-driven agronomy, input optimization, and sustainable farming practices. Customer segments include agricultural sector grain and seed producers (primary) and precision agriculture operators (secondary).

Excel Crop Care generates revenue through the sale of agrochemical products and post-harvest fumigation solutions to agricultural distributors and grain storage operators globally. Pricing details are not publicly disclosed. The 2016 Sumitomo $90 million capital infusion suggests deepening strategic alignment with Japanese agrochemical partners. The company is led by Managing Director Dipesh Kantisen Shroff, with a senior leadership team including VPs spanning Commercial, Operations, R&D, Sales & Marketing, Supply Chain, Projects & Technology, and Human Resources.

Name

Excel Crop Care

Website

https://excelcropcare.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1941

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Excel Crop Care is a publicly listed Indian agrochemical manufacturer and crop protection solutions provider, globally dominant in aluminium phosphide fumigants, serving grain and seed producers through agricultural supply chains with emerging precision agriculture and lab testing services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agrochemicals / Crop Protection Chemicals

NAICS

Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (32532)

SIC

Agricultural Chemicals (2870)

akta.pro primary industry

Crop Protection Formulations (EC, SC, WG, WP, SL) (AFABAIAA)

Keywords

• Agrochemical manufacturing
• Crop protection chemicals
• Aluminium phosphide fumigation
• Post-harvest pest control
• Grain fumigation products

Headquarters

HQ city

Mumbai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Excel Crop Care manufactures and sells agrochemical products, primarily aluminium phosphide tablets used for post-harvest fumigation of stored grains and seeds. The company serves agricultural producers and grain storage operators globally, with its aluminium phosphide products representing an estimated 78% share of the global aluminium phosphide market.

Product overview

Excel Crop Care appears to be an agricultural chemicals company operating in the crop protection sector. The available source data does not provide specific product names, descriptions, or portfolio details from Excel Crop Care's own website or official communications. Market-level information indicates involvement in aluminium phosphide-based products used for post-harvest pest control and fumigation applications in agriculture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Aluminium Phosphide Tablets

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced yield losses through early detection of deficiencies and diseases
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ADAMA Agricultural Solutions: Global off-patent crop protection company with deep post-harvest and fumigant exposure. Comparable as a broad incumbent in generic crop protection formulations, overlapping with Excel's aluminium phosphide segment.
• Corteva Agriscience: Major global crop protection and seed company. Comparable broad incumbent serving similar large-scale agricultural customers with overlapping chemistry and formulation capability.
• Bayer Crop Science: Global crop protection and seed major. Operates a broad portfolio including post-harvest solutions and is a relevant incumbent comparable for global scale and customer overlap with grain and seed producers.
• Syngenta Group: Global crop protection leader with extensive insecticide, fungicide and seed treatment portfolios. Comparable as a broad incumbent that competes for similar farmer and distributor relationships.
• FMC Corporation: Global agricultural sciences company with a focus on crop protection chemistry. Comparable as a broad incumbent whose portfolio overlaps with Excel's insecticide/fumigation franchise.
• BASF Agricultural Solutions: Global crop protection division of BASF with broad fungicide, insecticide and fumigation offerings. Comparable broad incumbent competing for similar post-harvest and field crop protection demand.
• Sumitomo Chemical: Japanese agrochemical conglomerate and Excel Crop Care's anchor investor. Operates a broad crop protection portfolio globally and is comparable both as a strategic investor and as a wider portfolio incumbent in the same category.

Direct peers

• PI Industries: Indian agrochemical company focused on crop protection formulations, contract manufacturing, and CSM partnerships. Highly comparable in scale, listed status, and product positioning in the Indian agrochemical value chain.
• UPL Limited: India's largest agrochemical company and a direct competitor across crop protection formulations and post-harvest solutions. Comparable in terms of Indian manufacturing base, global distribution, and integrated formulation portfolio.
• Dhanuka Agritech: Indian agrochemical formulators and distributors with a crop protection portfolio spanning insecticides, fungicides and herbicides. Comparable mid-cap Indian listed peer competing for similar farmer customers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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