sumitomo chemical australia

Name

sumitomo chemical australia

Legal name

Sumitomo Chemical Australia Pty Ltd

Website

https://sumitomo-chem.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Epping

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Crop Protection Products: Sale of herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, and plant growth regulators to agricultural producers. Focus on new chemistry rather than post-patent products, registering approximately one new active ingredient per year.
2. Professional Pest Control Products: Distribution and sale of professional pest control, turf, termite, and household insect control products. Includes products for environmental health applications.
3. Biorational and Biological Products: Sale of biological insecticides, mycorrhizal products, and sustainable agriculture solutions. Growing segment driven by consumer demand for residue-free produce.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Sumitomo Chemical Australia develops, registers, and markets crop protection products — including herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, and plant growth regulators — alongside biorational/biological products and professional pest control solutions. The company serves broadacre, horticulture, sugarcane, cotton, and specialty crop producers as well as professional pest control operators across Australia and New Zealand, distributing its own chemistry and the MGK insect control portfolio.

Product overview

Sumitomo Chemical Australia operates as a crop protection and pest management company offering a diversified portfolio of agricultural chemical products. The product range is organized into two main categories: AgroSolutions (including Herbicides, Insecticides, Fungicides, Plant Growth Regulators, Surfactants, and Biorational products) and Professional Products (covering Turf, Termite, Pest Control, Home and Farm, and Environmental Health). The product portfolio includes well-known brands such as Valor 500 WG Herbicide, Chateau Herbicide, Intuity Fungicide, and ReTain plant growth regulators. Additionally, the company markets a line of organic/biorational products including DiPel DF, EndoPrime, PyGanic, VectoBac WG, and Xentari WG for growers seeking biological alternatives. Professional products for home and farm use include Distance Plus Ant Bait, Synergy Pro, and WaspJet Pro. The company also distributes the MGK product range including botanical insecticide pyrethrum products following Sumitomo's majority shareholding in MGK in 2015.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AgroSolutions: Herbicides, Insecticides, Fungicides, Plant Growth Regulators, Surfactants, Biorational products for agricultural applications
• Professional Products
• Home and Farm
• Organics

Products and services

• Distance Plus Ant Bait Ant bait product for the control of invasive and nuisance ants in domestic, commercial, environmental or agricultural situations.
• Synergy Pro Ant bait product for the control of a range of ants in domestic, commercial and agricultural situations.
• WaspJet Pro Product for outdoor control of wasps in domestic, commercial and industrial areas.
• DiPel DF Biological insecticide that controls Lepidopteran caterpillars in agricultural and non-agricultural uses including vegetables, fruit, vines, oilseeds, cereal grains, herbs, tobacco, ornamentals, forestry, amenity trees and turf.
• EndoPrime Plant and soil enhancement product containing mycorrhizae. Includes 4 high performing endo-mycorrhizae species that increase crop productivity and overall plant and soil health.
• Maxx Organosilicone Surfactant Non-ionic wetter/spreader/penetrant for use with ReTain Plant Growth Regulator and other agricultural pesticides.
• ProGibb LV Plus Plant growth regulator for foliar spray application to certain varieties of grapes, citrus, prunes and cherries to promote desirable harvest effects; also for stimulating production of winter dormant grass-dominant pastures and for thinning of apricots, nectarines, peaches.
• ProGibb SG Plant growth regulator for foliar spray application to certain varieties of grapes, citrus and prunes to promote desirable harvest effects, for stretching bunches and reducing bunch density in wine grapes and to stimulate production of winter dormant pastures.
• Protone Plant Growth Regulator Plant growth regulator to accelerate or increase the red colouration of berries and bunches of red table grapes.
• PyGanic Fast acting botanical insecticide that provides short-term control of several insect pests by contact action on fruit and vegetable crops.
• VectoBac WG Biological larvicide for specific control of first to early fourth instar mosquito larvae.
• Xentari WG Biological insecticide that controls cabbage moth (diamondback moth), cabbage white butterfly, cabbage-centre grub and cabbage cluster caterpillar in cole crops.
• Valor 500 WG Herbicide Herbicide for knockdown and residual control of broadleaf weeds and grasses in a range of broadacre crops and fallow, and in non-crop situations. Active ingredient Flumioxazin.
• Intuity Fungicide Group 11 Strobilurin fungicide for control of Powdery mildew in Cucurbits, Sclerotinia in Green beans and Lettuce, Blossom blight and Brown rot in Stone fruit, and for control of White rot and suppression of Downy mildew in Bulb onions. Active ingredient Mandestrobin.
• Chateau Herbicide Residual herbicide for control of various grass and broadleaved weeds in vineyards and orchards; for enhanced knockdown and residual weed control in irrigation channel banks and drainage ditches. Active ingredient Flumioxazin.
• ReTain Natural plant growth regulator containing aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG) that blocks ethylene production. Improves harvest management, fruit quality and enhances storage potential in apples and stone fruit by managing timing of ripening, increasing fruit size and firmness.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 800 million people protected by Olyset mosquito nets since 2001
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Monsanto CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Global agreement to develop next-generation weed control solutions combining Monsanto's herbicide tolerance traits with Sumitomo Chemical's new PPO chemistry. Collaboration on development, registration, and commercialization of Sumitomo's key PPO herbicides for Monsanto's future weed management systems.
• McLaughlin Gormley King Company (MGK)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 April 2015Sumitomo Chemical Australia commenced distribution of MGK insecticide products from April 1, 2015. MGK is a US-based company and leader in insect control technologies for home consumer, professional pest control, animal health, and crop protection. Sumitomo Chemical took a majority shareholding in MGK. Local integration included hiring Lachlan Brodie as Sales Manager to manage business and customer relations.
• Valent BioSciences (VBC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Chemical operating the largest biological production facility in the world. Central to Sumitomo's biorational platform and biological product development.
• Botanical Resources Australia (BRA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSumitomo Chemical Japan acquired 82.9% of shares in Botanical Resources Australia and its affiliated companies, making it a consolidated subsidiary. BRA is a global leader in pyrethrin production extracted from Australian-grown pyrethrum daisies. MGK is also a major shareholder in BRA. Manages 1,200 hectares of farmland.
• Mycorrhizal ApplicationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcquired by Sumitomo Chemical in February (2015), Mycorrhizal Applications is the world's largest producer of mycorrhizal fungal inoculant. Potential flow-on opportunities for Australian operation.
• Help 2 HelpminorOthersSumitomo Chemical is a proud sponsor of Help 2 Help, improving health and education outcomes for poor Cambodian villages. Associated with Olyset mosquito net distribution for malaria prevention.
• Valent BiosciencescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWholly owned subsidiary operating the world's largest biological production facility, based in Osage, Iowa. Central to Sumitomo's biological products strategy.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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