Kumiai Chemical: AXEEV herbicide and crop protection
Kumiai Chemical Industry of Japan: AXEEV pyroxasulfone herbicide, fungicides, growth regulators and fine chemicals, sold in more than 50 countries.
Kumiai Chemical Industry is a Japanese group that researches, makes and sells crop protection active ingredients, led by the AXEEV herbicide, plus fine chemicals.
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Kumiai Chemical Industry is a Japanese group that develops and manufactures active ingredients for crop protection. It combines its own research with manufacturing and international sales, and agrochemicals have been its business since the company was established. Alongside them the group runs a fine chemicals business, which it now treats as the second core of its activities, so the company serves both farm markets and industrial chemical customers.
The portfolio covers herbicides, fungicides and plant growth regulators. The main product is AXEEV, a field crop herbicide based on pyroxasulfone. Other active ingredients include bispyribac-sodium, thiobencarb and fenquinotrione among the herbicides, the fungicides mepanipyrim and pyribencarb, and the growth regulator prohexadione-calcium. Herbicides control weeds that compete with the crop for light, water and nutrients, while fungicides protect against disease. Farmers meet these ingredients in formulated products sold under local names, each with its own label and permitted uses.
Size of the business
Kumiai sells in more than 50 countries, and the group had 2,153 employees as of 31 October 2025.
Is AXEEV a separate company?
No. AXEEV is the name of Kumiai's pyroxasulfone herbicide offering for field crops.
Does an active ingredient name identify a finished product?
Not completely. A finished product is also defined by its concentration, formulation, brand and product documentation.
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