Davao City | February 25, 2025, is a special day—a milestone, to be exact—the 39th Anniversary of Agway Chemicals Corporation (ACC), which has been catering to the community since its founding in 1986. This year, with the motivating theme “One Team, One Goal, One Legacy,” ACC pauses to look back at almost four decades of commitment to the Filipino farming community while also moving forward with a common purpose and unwavering commitment.
This theme of this 39th Anniversary underscores the corporation’s unity and common purpose, collective vision, and seeking permanent influence. It symbolizes ACC’s employee power, the employee alignment and objective, and legacy that is being forged by repeated service, creativity, and quality in the crop protection business.
Diane Rosario-Robles, ACC’s Corporate Secretary and VP for Finance, shares, “From our humble beginnings as a three-man team to now having over a hundred dedicated employees, our journey has been truly remarkable. We’ve built ourselves up to become the leading distributor in the market. For 39 years, we’ve stayed committed to growth, service, and legacy—this is our story, and we’re just getting started.”
As part of the 39th Anniversary celebrations, ACC is celebrating the pillar of its operations—its loyal employees. To celebrate their loyalty and service, the company continues its practice of celebrating team members who have served the company for 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and even 35 years. ACC strongly believes that its people are its biggest asset and is committed to recognizing their contributions to the success of the company.
Agway Chemicals Corporation likewise wishes to extend sincerest thanks and appreciation to its reputable dealers, the IBG, Mango contractors, BLO, financiers, and farmers in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Your faith has been the backbone of ACC’s existence and continued success throughout the years. Even though it had been confronted by various challenges in the past, ACC continues to pursue a sharp and compelling vision—to grow and extend its nationwide distribution network, especially in Northern Mindanao, Visayas, and Luzon, while continuing to deliver a package of agricultural solutions- ang katuwang ng magsasaka!
About Agway Chemicals Incorporated (ACC)
Agway Chemicals Corporation is a wholly Filipino owned company, which was established in February 25, 1986. It traces its root as a small business originated in Davao City under the name of “Agway Chemicals.” Back then, opportunity unveiled its way to be eventually become one of the best retailer-dealer in the region.
By the year 90s, the business competition became tighter and this was the very reason which drove the owner to branch out. During the time, there was a large aray of demand for both fertilizers and agricultural chemicals. For Agway Chemicals, it was a perfect time to diversify on the way to extend services to attend customer’s necessities.
Over the years, operations and transactions became complicated as the business served vast number of dealers, plantations, growers, and farmers. Soon after, as part of the transformation, Agway Chemicals also changed the name to Agway Chemicals Corporation.
Today, the company is known to be one of the biggest retailer and distributor of first class fertilizers and agriculture chemicals from multinational suppliers. At present, the company has 12 branches strategically situated in several areas of Visayas and Mindanao and it never stops intensifying the quality of services, branching out and increasing the workforce. Likewise, it is active in corporate social responsibility (i.e. building houses, self-motivated in every GK projects and other charitable developments) as an avenue for giving back fruitful journey over the years.
