IRVINE, CA / ACCESS Newswire / August 11, 2026 / American Vanguard Corporation (NYSE:AVD) today announced Mark Helt joined the company as U.S. Mark brings more than 25 years of commercial leadership experience across the North American crop protection, seed, and specialty markets. Most recently, Mark served as North America Commercial Vice President at Albaugh, where he led the company's U.S. crop protection, seed treatment, specialty and industrial businesses, along with its Canadian crop protection operations. "Mark brings to American Vanguard decades of commercial leadership experience in the crop protection market, and I am very pleased to have him join our team, as well as working with him again," said Dak Kaye, Chief Executive Officer of American Vanguard Corporation. Investor Contact:Robert WintersAlpha IR GroupAVD@alpha-ir.com(312) 445-2870SOURCE: American Vanguard CorporationView the original press release on ACCESS Newswire:https://www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/chemicals/american-vanguard-corporation-avd-announces-executive-appointment-of-mark-helt-as-u.s.-cr-1206302