asx nuf industry chemicals founded 1956 headquarters melbourne key people donald mcgauchie chairman greg hunt md & ceo products agrochemicals industrial chemicals revenue a 2.79 billion fy2016 1 net income a 108.9 million fy2016 2 number of employees 3 400 website www.nufarm.com nufarm is an agricultural chemical company headquartered in melbourne australia . the company holds more than 2 100 product registrations and markets products in more than 100 countries around the world . the company is a manufacturer of phenoxies a class of herbicides that controls and eradicates broadleaved weeds . these products are manufactured in globally networked facilities in australia england austria and the netherlands . a large range of other crop protection products are produced in manufacturing facilities in australia new zealand asia europe africa and america . nufarm has also developed a position in the turf and specialty markets lawn care golf courses municipal parks aquatic and forestry weed control . nufarm is listed on the australian stock exchange symbol nuf and its head office is located at laverton in melbourne . 3 as at close on friday 23 september 2016 it s ordinary share capital was valued at aud 9.16 implying a market capitalisation of aud 2.44 billion . 4 5 6 contents 1 history 2 board of directors 3 notes 4 references history edit nufarm was established in melbourne australia during the mid 1950s by max fremder . he began selling phenoxy herbicides to professional spray applicators in regional victoria and established a reputation for excellent customer service and good quality products . between the mid 1980s and early 2000s nufarm was a subsidiary of new zealand based fernz corporation . the nufarm crop protection business continued to grow and expand during that period with several overseas locations established throughout the 1990s . in 2000 fernz migrated the incorporation of the company from new zealand to australia and in the process changed the group s name to nufarm limited . since that time the company has focused on building a global platform for its core crop protection business and has divested various industrial and specialty chemical businesses . various acquisitions and solid organic growth have seen the business rapidly expand . nufarm is now ranked the 9th largest crop protection company in the world with a clear leadership position in australia and substantial operations in north and south america europe new zealand and asia . 7 8 board of directors edit donald mcgauchie ao chairman 9 greg hunt managing director and ceo anne brennan gordon davis frank ford dr bruce goodfellow peter margin toshikazu takasaki notes edit 1 2 about nufarm . www.nufarm.com . retrieved 2016 09 26 . nuf ase stock quote nufarm ltd australia . bloomberg.com . retrieved 2016 09 26 . nufarm limited quote and news . www.morningstar.com.au . retrieved 2016 09 26 . nufarm ltd . yahoo 7 finance . retrieved 2016 09 26 . nufarm pushes aussie credentials agriculture agribusiness general news farmonline national . www.farmonline.com.au . retrieved 2016 09 26 . our history nufarm . www.nufarm.com . retrieved 2016 09 26 . board of directors references edit about nufarm this article about an australian corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nufarm limited & oldid 741500470 categories chemical companies of australiaagriculture companies of australiaaustralian company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran ais portugu s edit links this page was last modified on 27 september 2016 at 22 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view