Ashland
Americas
Wilmington
,
United States
Established
FOUNDED
1924
HEADCOUNT
1001-5000
FUNDING
Public
Keywords:
commodity_chemicals, specialty_chemicals
BUSINESS
Global additives and specialty ingredients company serving coatings, construction, food and beverage, personal care, and pharmaceutical markets. Biotechnology involvement is peripheral.
BIOTECH INVOLVEMENT
Peripheral; specialty chemicals and additives supplier for coatings, construction, food and beverage, personal care, and pharmaceuticals. Biofunctional actives and bioresorbable polymers (LACTEL) appear within the personal-care and life-sciences portfolio; production is predominantly chemical.
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
bioresorbable polymers (Viatel); novel cellulosics; multifunctional starch
PRIMARY PRODUCTS
active ingredients for personal care; stabilizers for food; pharmaceutical excipients; sphingnans/xanthans from fermentation.