Our History
Excel Crop Care Limited (Excel) was incorporated in the year 2003 from a demerger of the agricultural inputs portfolio of Excel Industries Limited with the strength of three manufacturing units at Bhavnagar, Gajod and Silvassa. Excel Industries Limited has pioneered the field of Agricultural inputs as well as Industrial and performance chemicals since 1941. Currently, Excel is powered with, over 1200 dedicated employees, a range of market leading brands, a distribution network of 4500 Distributors, 40000+ dealers, a customer base running into millions. Excel exports agrochemicals to more than 70 countries. Excel has a turnover of around Rs.10,000 Million.
Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Japan (Sumitomo Chemical) acquired a majority stake of Excel in 2016. Excel now is a subsidiary of Sumitomo Chemical.
‘We must not merely seek business profits but must contribute broadly to society through our business activities.’ Sumitomo Chemical, founded with these dual goals of eliminating pollution and helping increase in crop yield, has upheld this founding principle as it has evolved in keeping with the changing times.
Sumitomo Chemical Group, including its over 170 subsidiaries & affiliates operates in five sectors - Petrochemicals & Plastics, Energy & Functional Materials, IT-related Chemicals, Health & Crop Sciences & Pharmaceuticals and provides products worldwide that supports a wide variety of industries and help people’s daily lives.
Sumitomo Chemical is JPY 1,954.3 billion conglomerate with more than 32,000 employees.
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