Agricultural crop protection company with global manufacturing and field operations
Gowan manufactures crop protection chemicals for agriculture, operating manufacturing facilities and field-trial networks across six continents. The tech stack is heavily weighted toward industrial operations—GIS, SCADA, DCS, PLC, and SolidWorks dominate—paired with SAS and Power BI for analytics and JD Edwards for enterprise resource planning. Active hiring across manufacturing, ops, and sales, combined with concurrent projects in ISO 9001/17025 certification, asset management, and field trials, indicates a company scaling compliance and operational rigor while expanding product reach.
Notable leadership hires: Head of Assets
Gowan is a privately held agricultural solutions company founded in 1962, headquartered in Yuma, Arizona, with 1,001–5,000 employees across operations in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The business began as a regional crop consultancy and has grown into a diversified manufacturer and distributor of crop protection products. Core operations span manufacturing (with asset management and quality assurance programs), field research (field trials for new products), sales and market development, and logistics coordination. The company employs enterprise systems (JD Edwards, Power BI, Microsoft 365) alongside specialized industrial control systems (SCADA, DCS, PLC, HMI) for manufacturing environments.
Primary stack includes SAS, GIS, Power BI, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, and Microsoft 365. Manufacturing operations use SCADA, DCS, PLC, and HMI. Design and documentation tools include AutoCAD and SolidWorks.
Current projects include ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 17025 management system implementation, field trials for new crop protection products, asset management initiatives, and microbiological quality assurance programs.
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