Drexel Chemical Company

What Drexel Chemical Company does

Drexel Chemical Company is a privately held, Memphis, Tennessee-based manufacturer of generic-equivalent agricultural crop protection chemicals founded in 1972. The company develops, registers, and produces a broad portfolio spanning herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, plant growth regulators, defoliants/desiccants, adjuvants/surfactants, and nutrient/micronutrient products, organized across nine product categories and supported by more than 60 EPA-registered brand formulations (e.g., Duplicator® 6, Me-Too-Lachlor™ II, Trizmet™ II, TrizMax™, Imitator® Plus, Suffa® Supreme, Phiticide™, Drexalin™ Plus). Several products are OMRI-listed for organic production. Its core commercial positioning is offering performance-equivalent alternatives to branded crop protection products (e.g., equivalents to Dual® Magnum, Bicep II Magnum®, Roundup® programs) at competitive prices, with proprietary formulations such as diammonium-salt glyphosate and phosphite systemic fungicides providing tank-mix and performance differentiation.

The company operates a hybrid go-to-market combining direct field sales—via 16+ territory-based sales representatives organized across U.S. regions and supported by inside sales at Memphis headquarters—with a multi-tier distributor and dealer channel of agricultural retailers and co-ops, complemented by an international division and an Agrian.com label-center integration for digital product information access. Primary customer segments are row-crop growers (corn, soybeans, cotton, wheat, sorghum, rice), tobacco growers (a 50+ year specialization via sucker-control chemistry), specialty crop growers (potatoes, citrus, tree fruits, nuts, vegetables), turf and ornamental professionals, and agricultural distributors. The company is led by President Mark Stewart (since June 2020) and remains independent, with no disclosed parent company, no institutional investor ownership, and no public funding rounds.

Name

Drexel Chemical Company

Legal name

Drexel Chemical Company

Website

https://drexchem.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Drexel Chemical Company is a privately held Memphis-based manufacturer of generic-equivalent agricultural crop protection products—including herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, growth regulators, and adjuvants—sold through direct field sales and a nationwide distributor network to row-crop, tobacco, specialty-crop, and turf customers across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Chemicals / Crop Protection Products

NAICS

Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (32532), Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers (4246)

SIC

Agricultural Chemicals (2870), Wholesale-Chemicals & Allied Products (5160)

akta.pro primary industry

Crop Protection Chemicals (Herbicides/Insecticides/Fungicides) (IMAEAEAI)

Keywords

• Agricultural chemicals
• Crop protection products
• Herbicides fungicides insecticides
• Plant growth regulators
• Adjuvants surfactants

Headquarters

HQ city

Memphis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Agricultural Chemical Product Sales: Drexel Chemical Company generates revenue through the manufacture and sale of agricultural chemicals including herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, adjuvants, surfactants, plant growth regulators, defoliants, desiccants, and nutrients for use in agricultural production. Products are sold directly to growers and through agricultural distributors and dealers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Drexel Chemical Company manufactures and supplies generic agricultural chemical formulations including herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, adjuvants/surfactants, plant growth regulators, defoliants, desiccants, and micronutrient products. The company has served U.S. growers since 1972 from its Memphis, Tennessee headquarters, offering cost-effective alternatives to branded crop protection products distributed through field sales representatives and agricultural dealers nationwide.

Product overview

Drexel Chemical Company is an agricultural chemical manufacturing company that has been serving growers since 1972. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of crop protection products organized into nine main categories: Herbicides (including Duplicator® 6, Trizmet™ II, Me-Too-Lachlor™ II, TrizMax™, Foma® 2.0, Quik-Quat™, Dicamba products), Fungicides (Suffa® Supreme, Phiticide™, Azoxystrobin SC, Chlorothalonil 720, KOP™-5), Insecticides (L-C Insecticide™), Adjuvants/Surfactants (Surf-Ac® 820, Surf-Ac® 910, BeanOil®, Vegetoil™, AMS products, Peptoil®, LOX®), Growth Regulators for tobacco sucker control (Drexalin™ Plus, Plucker-Plus®, Sucker-Stuff®, Super Sucker-Stuff™, Antak®, Leven-38®), Defoliants/Desiccants (Defol® 5), Nutrients/Micronutrients (X®-DCD, Beau-Ron® products, DynaPhite™), and Specialty products (Sprout-Stop®, Retardant™). The products serve various crop sectors including Corn, Cotton, Soybeans, Potatoes, Tobacco, Citrus, Rice, and many others.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Adjuvants / Surfactants Spray adjuvants and surfactants including Surf-Ac 820, Surf-Ac 910, Haf-Pynt, AMS-All, AMS-Supreme, AMS-Xtra, BeanOil, Vegetoil, Hot MES, Peptoil, LOX and U-Surp, formulated to enhance pesticide performance, leaf penetration, water conditioning and drift control.
• Defoliants / Desiccants Defoliant and desiccant products including Defol 5 for use in a variety of field crops to improve harvest efficiency.
• Duplicator 6 Highly concentrated glyphosate herbicide containing 5.4 lbs/gallon in diammonium salt form with Full Surfactant Load, providing superior performance and tank-mix compatibility for use in agricultural and non-crop sites.
• Quik-Quat Burndown herbicide containing 3 lbs Paraquat per gallon for control of grasses and broadleaf weeds, rainfast within 30 minutes. Restricted Use Pesticide.
• Trizmet II Selective herbicide with multiple modes of action for control of grasses and broadleaf weeds in Field corn, Popcorn and Sweet corn, containing 3.1 lbs Atrazine per gallon. Restricted Use Pesticide.
• Me-Too-Lachlor II Selective herbicide for residual control of annual grasses and broadleaf weeds in Corn, Cotton, Peanuts, Potatoes, Sorghum and Soybeans, containing 7.8 lbs Metolachlor per gallon with safener for enhanced crop safety.
• TrizMax Three-mode-of-action herbicide combination for control of annual grasses and broadleaf weeds in Corn and Grain sorghum, providing both contact and residual activity. Restricted Use Pesticide.
• Foma 2.0 Selective contact and residual herbicide for Cotton, Dry Beans, Potatoes, Snap Beans and Soybeans, controlling or suppressing broadleaf weeds, grasses and sedges.
• FomAsate Pre-mix herbicide providing burndown and residual control of Glyphosate-resistant weeds in Soybeans and Cotton, for post-emergence use in Glyphosate-tolerant Cotton.
• Dicam De-Ester Post-emergent herbicide containing 2,4-D Ester and Dicamba acid for superior systemic control of broadleaf, brush and vine species.
• Fungicides Fungicides including Suffa Supreme, Suffa, Sulfur 80 WDG, Chlorothalonil 720, Chlorothalonil-Zn, KOP-5, Phiticide, Azoxystrobin SC and Captan 4 Flowable for disease control in various crops including citrus, field crops, fruits, nuts, ornamentals and turf.
• Suffa Supreme Flowable 6 lb Elemental Sulfur fungicide/miticide for organic production, EPA registered and OMRI Listed, controlling Leaf spot, Powdery mildew, Russet mites, Rusts and Spider mites.
• Phiticide Systemic fungicide containing Mono- and Dibasic phosphites (6.69 lbs active per gallon) for control of Brown rot, Downy mildew, Foot rot and other fungal diseases, with 0 days pre-harvest interval.
• Azoxystrobin SC Broad spectrum systemic fungicide with preventative and curative properties for control of many key plant diseases, with systemic movement from leaf to root.
• L-C Insecticide Low use rate, fast-acting, broad-spectrum insecticide containing 1 lb Lambda-cyhalothrin per gallon, controlling Aphids, Armyworms, Beetles, Chinch bug, Cutworms, Grasshoppers, Thrips and Weevils. Restricted Use Pesticide.
• Plant Growth Regulators Plant growth regulators including Drexalin Plus, Sucker-Plucker, Plucker-Plus, Sucker-Stuff, Super Sucker-Stuff, Antak, Leven-38, MEP 6X, Sprout-Stop and Retardant, used for tobacco sucker control, plant growth management and sprout prevention.
• Drexalin Plus Plant growth regulator containing 1.2 lbs Flumetralin per gallon for control of sucker growth in Burley, Cigar, Dark, Flue-cured and Maryland tobacco, rainfast within 2 hours.
• Plucker-Plus Four to one ratio of Sucker-Plucker to Drexalin Plus providing both contact activity of Fatty Alcohols and systemic activity of Flumetralin for tobacco sucker control.
• Sprout-Stop Liquid growth retardant used to prevent sprouting in dry-bulb Onions, dry-bulb Shallots, Garlic and all Tubers during storage.
• Nutrients / Micronutrients Micronutrient fertilizers and nitrogen management products including X-DCD nitrogen stabilizer, Beau-Ron 15G, Beau-Ron D, Beau-Ron L and DynaPhite 0-0-26.
• X-DCD Nitrogen stabilizer formulated to slow conversion of ammonium forming Nitrogen fertilizers into crop available Nitrogen, reducing Nitrogen loss due to leaching.

Quantifiable outcome

• Equivalent weed control performance to branded S-Metolachlor products (Dual® 8E, Dual II Magnum®, Bicep II Magnum®) at competitive pricing based on 2015 Weed Control Guide for Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Albaugh, LLC: U.S.-headquartered generic crop protection manufacturer with a similar portfolio of herbicides, fungicides, and adjuvants sold through the same agricultural distributor and dealer channels that Drexel serves.
• UPL Limited: Global generic crop protection and seed treatment company with a deep portfolio of post-patent herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides marketed through ag retailers, overlapping substantially with Drexel's distribution-led model.
• Nufarm Limited: Global generic crop protection company with strong North American presence in herbicides, fungicides, and plant growth regulators; competes head-to-head with Drexel on actives like 2,4-D, glyphosate, and metolachlor-based products.
• Sipcam Agro USA: U.S. subsidiary of Sipcam-Oxon offering generic crop protection products including fungicides and herbicides through ag distribution; competes in similar crop segments and channels as Drexel.
• Atticus LLC: U.S.-focused generic crop protection manufacturer marketing post-patent herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides to ag retailers, directly comparable to Drexel's generic positioning and channel strategy.
• ADAMA Ltd. One of the world's largest off-patent crop protection companies, offering a portfolio of herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides directly overlapping Drexel's generic me-too formulations across row crops, specialty crops, and tobacco.

Broad incumbents

• FMC Corporation: Global crop protection company with a broad insecticide, herbicide, and fungicide portfolio; competes with Drexel's L-C Insecticide™ and herbicide line in row crops and specialty crops.
• Corteva Agriscience: Global crop protection major selling branded herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides (including products Drexel's generics target, e.g., Dual Magnum®, Keystone®); serves as the branded benchmark against which Drexel's generics compete.
• Helena Agri-Enterprises: Major U.S. agricultural inputs distributor and formulator that both supplies competing generic crop protection products and distributes third-party brands; overlaps with Drexel at the formulation, adjuvant, and distribution layers.
• WinField United (Land O'Lakes): U.S. agricultural retailer and crop input distributor that both sells competing branded and generic crop protection products and serves as a channel partner for Drexel, making it both a peer and potential route to market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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