Wilbur-Ellis Co.

Exporter
345 California St., 27th Fl., San Francisco, CA 94104-2644, United States
(415)772-4000, (415)772-4011 fax, http://www.wilburellis.com

Primary SIC: Farm Supplies, Primary NAICS: Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
Description: Wholesale: Herbicides, pesticides and general farm supplies and industrial chemicals. Agriculture: Crop spraying and other agricultural services.Wilbur-Ellis is an international company specializing in the marketing, distribution, and formulation of agricultural products. They are known worldwide for their ability to recognize and react quickly and successfully to emerging trends in the marketplace, to serve their customers, and to provide expert distribution of products form their manufacturing principles. Brayton Wilbur, SR. and Floyd Ellis founded Wilbur-Ellis in 1921 as a fish-oil supplier. Since then Wilbur-Ellis has become a distributor for major agricultural chemical manufacturer and formulates certain chemicals under their own private label. Currently, Wilbur-Ellis is managed by Brayton Wilbur, JR. and is one of the largest agricultural product distributors in the United States. In 1931, Connell Brothers became a wholly owned subsidiary of Wilbur-Ellis. Wilbur-Ellis and Connell Brothers integrated their resources and their expertise to sell animal feed in international markets, especially the Pacific Rim. Together, they have been able to successfully penetrate and increase their market share in a highly competitive industry. Connell Brothers handles international sales in Asia and Africa. Wilbur-Ellis showed a 25% sales growth in 1998. Their major competition comes from Agrium, Agway, and Transammonia.