Overview
Employees
51-200 employees
Revenue
$25 to $50 million (USD) per year
Headquarters
Sarasota, Florida
Category
Chemical Manufacturing
Florikan® engineers specialized coatings to encapsulate fertilizers, while optimizing plant nutrition and reducing environmental impact. We manufacture, blend, and distribute our controlled release fertilizers to high value ornamental and agricultural markets throughout the world and beyond. Founded in 1981, Florikan ESA has grown from a man selling goods from the trunk of his car to an industry leader in plant nutrition. Florikan’s entrepreneurial drive, continuous innovations, and pioneering work formed the basis for introduction of Nutricote® controlled release fertilizer to the U.S. market over 30 years ago. This drive helped form NASA partnerships, for research and development work, on the recently patented Gal-XeOne™ controlled release fertilizer, and ‘Veggie’ production programs on the International Space Station. Florikan’s commitment to quality, and a solution driven technical sales process, has earned us a loyal customer base of over 3000 end-user growers and industry professionals, who rely on Florikan’s crop recommendations and product performance. From production, fulfillment, to complete customer satisfaction our pledge is “We Make it Right”. Florikan® has been recognized with awards from industry, community, government, and environmental organizations for our tireless efforts to develop solutions that bridge the demands of economics, crop production, and stewardship. Florikan ESA LLC, is an award winning family owned agri‐tech business headquartered in Sarasota, FL, with production operations in Bowling Green, FL. Florikan is dedicated to evolving plant nutrition through advanced fertilizer technologies by manufacturing, blending, and distributing controlled release fertilizer. Florikan serves the major markets of professional ornamental horticulture, landscape & turf, and specialty agriculture in North America and select export markets. Founded in 1981, Florikan has grown from a man selling goods from the trunk of his car to an industry leader in plant nutrition. Florikan’s entrepreneurial drive, continuous innovations, and pioneering work formed the basis for introduction of Nutricote® CRF to the U.S. market over 30 years ago. This drive helped form NASA partnerships, for research and development work, on the recently patented Gal‐XeONE™ controlled release fertilizer, and ‘Veggie’ production programs on the International Space Station.
