Quimetal

What Quimetal does

Quimetal Industrial S.A. is a Chilean specialty chemicals manufacturer founded in 1951 and headquartered in Santiago, Chile. The company operates as a private, for-profit entity with 101-250 employees, producing industrial and agricultural chemicals. Its product focus is on copper-based chemistries, with copper fungicide formulations (including copper hydroxide in wettable powder form) representing the core agricultural offering. Quimetal competes in the global copper fungicides market alongside major crop protection companies such as UPL Limited, Bayer AG, Corteva, and Nufarm, though its scale and geographic footprint suggest a more regional Latin American orientation rather than a global volume position.

Name

Quimetal

Legal name

Quimetal

Website

https://quimetal.cl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1951

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Quimetal Industrial S.A. is a Chilean specialty chemicals manufacturer founded in 1951 that produces copper-based fungicide formulations for agricultural crop protection, primarily serving the fruits and vegetables segment and sustainable/organic farming markets in South America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Chemicals (Crop Protection)

NAICS

Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (3253), Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (32532)

SIC

Agricultural Chemicals (2870), Chemicals & Allied Products (2800)

akta.pro primary industry

Fungicides (AFABAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Crop Protection Formulations (EC, SC, WG, WP, SL) (AFABAIAA), Crop Protection Chemicals (Herbicides/Insecticides/Fungicides) (IMAEAEAI)

Keywords

• Copper fungicides
• Agricultural chemicals
• Crop protection
• Copper-based formulations
• Agricultural inputs

Headquarters

HQ city

Santiago

HQ country

Chile

HQ region

Latin America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Quimetal Industrial S.A. manufactures and sells copper-based fungicide formulations for agricultural crop protection. Its portfolio includes copper hydroxide chemistry delivered in formulations such as wettable powders, primarily targeting the fruits and vegetables segment and serving sustainable and organic farming markets in Chile and South America.

Product overview

Quimetal is a Chilean agricultural chemicals company operating in the copper fungicides market. The company produces copper-based fungicide formulations for crop protection, positioning itself within the broader agricultural inputs industry alongside global players such as UPL Limited, Bayer AG, Corteva, and Nufarm. The product portfolio centers on copper fungicide chemistry types (including copper hydroxide) delivered in various formulations such as wettable powders, serving the fruits and vegetables segment of the crop protection market.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Copper Fungicides Copper-based fungicide formulations, including copper hydroxide delivered in formats such as wettable powders, for agricultural crop protection. The products target disease management in fruits and vegetables and serve the sustainable and organic farming market segments.

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Scale indicators1 record

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Nufarm: Crop protection specialist with a substantial copper-based fungicide franchise and strong presence in Latin America. One of the closest direct comparables to Quimetal in copper fungicide formulation and regional ag-input distribution.
• Isagro: Italian crop protection company historically focused on copper-based fungicides and specialty formulations. Closely comparable to Quimetal in product focus (copper fungicides) and specialty formulation positioning.

Broad incumbents

• UPL Limited: Global crop-protection major with a broad fungicide portfolio including copper-based products. Directly comparable to Quimetal as a competitor in the copper fungicides category but operates at vastly greater scale and geographic reach.
• FMC Corporation: Diversified crop protection company with broad fungicide and insecticide offerings. Comparable to Quimetal as a crop protection supplier to fruit and vegetable growers, though with a much wider product and geographic footprint.
• Bayer AG (Crop Science): One of the world's largest ag-input companies with extensive fungicide offerings serving fruit and vegetable growers globally. Comparable to Quimetal in the copper fungicides sub-segment, but as a much broader portfolio incumbent.
• BASF Agricultural Solutions: Global chemical major with a leading fungicide portfolio serving fruits and vegetables. Competes with Quimetal across multiple fungicide chemistry classes, including copper-based products, at global scale.
• Corteva: Global agricultural input company with crop protection and seed portfolios. Competes with Quimetal in fruit and vegetable crop protection, including fungicide chemistry, at a much larger scale.
• ADAMA: Global crop protection company with a large generic fungicide portfolio including copper-based products. Directly overlaps Quimetal in copper fungicides and shares similar Latin American market exposure.

Emerging players

• Certis Biologicals: Specialist in biological and conventional crop protection including copper-based fungicide products for fruit and vegetable markets. Comparable to Quimetal as a copper-fungicide formulator targeting sustainable and specialty crop segments.

Regional players

• SQM (Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile): Chilean-domiciled chemical company with specialty plant nutrition and industrial chemicals portfolios. Comparable to Quimetal as a fellow Chilean specialty chemicals manufacturer serving agricultural and industrial customers, though focused on different chemistries.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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