American Vanguard Corporation. The Group's principal activities are to manufacture, develop and marketing of specialty chemicals for agricultural and commercial uses. The Group manufactures and formulates chemicals for crops, human and animal health protection. Chemicals include insecticides, fungicides, molluscicides, growth regulators and soil fumigants. Products are marketed in the form of liquid, powder and granular forms. The Group also distributor of various pharmaceutical and nutritional supplement products. During the year 2002, the Group acquired SmartBox systems from Flowserve US Inc.