Ashland Specialty Ingredients

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We are a world leader in specialty additives and functional ingredients that modify the physical properties of aqueous systems.
Many of our products are derived from renewable and natural raw materials.

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Ashland Specialty Ingredients
8145 Blazer Drive
Wilmington, DE 19808 USA
+1 877 546 2782 (orders)
+1 800 345 0447 (product information)
+1 302 992 7507 (fax)

Managing the physical properties of your systems

Ashland Specialty Ingredients offers industry-leading products, technologies and resources for solving formulation and product performance challenges in key markets including personal care, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, coatings and energy. Using natural, synthetic and semi-synthetic polymers derived from plant and seed extract, cellulose ethers and vinyl pyrrolidones, Ashland Specialty Ingredients offers comprehensive and innovative solutions for today's demanding consumer and industrial applications.

At the heart of everything we do as a business is innovation. We have scores of patents to our name and have helped the world’s leading companies achieve cost savings and improved product quality decade after decade. With notable global research centers and laboratories, we plan to continue to invest in basic and applied research in the management of both aqueous and non-aqueous systems.

Our areas of expertise include:
● Organic and synthetic chemistry
● Polymer chemistry
● Surface and colloid science
● Rheology
● Structural analysis
● Microbiology

Our solutions provide an array of properties, including:
● Thickening and rheology control
● Water retention
● Adhesive strength
● Binding power
● Film formation
● Conditioning and deposition
● Colloid stabilization
● Suspension

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