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Ashland in the United StatesIn 1924, Ashland was founded in Ashland, in eastern Kentucky. Today our global headquarters is located Covington, Ky., directly across the Ohio River from Cincinnati. While we have remained close to our roots, much has changed since our founding. Today we are a leading global specialty chemical company with offices and facilities throughout the world. In addition to our global headquarters, we have five major sites: Ashland Performance Materials in Dublin, Ohio; Ashland Consumer Markets in Lexington, Ky.; Ashland Specialty Ingredients in Wilmington, Del., and Wayne, N.J., and Ashland Water Technologies, also in Wilmington, plus a services facility for the entire company in Russell, Ky. Major research and development laboratories are also located in Dublin, Lexington, Wayne and Wilmington.
With a national network of local sales, technical service and distributor representatives, we are ideally situated to work with customers in all our key markets:
Building and Construction
Chemical Processing
Commercial and Institutional
Food and Beverage
General Manufacturing
Municipal
Packaging, Converting and Printing
Paint and Coatings
Personal Care
Pharmaceutical
Plastics Processing
Power Generation
Pulp and Paper
Transportation
Coatings Additives - United States
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Rheology modifiers for paints and coatings that provide efficient thickening with superior batch-to-batch consistency, proven flow and leveling performance, full gloss development, mechanical and freeze-thaw stability and storage stability and bio-resistance.
Construction - United States
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Cellulose ethers and companion products for construction products for thickening, water retention, sag resistance, workability and consistency, adhesion, stabilization, pumping, rheological properties, and strength.
Food and Beverage- United States
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Premium food ingredients derived from cellulose, a renewable, natural raw material for thickening, gelling, suspending, immobilizing, stabilizing, or binding.
North America Regional Office
Phone: +1 614 790 3333
Composites, specialty polymers, elastomers and adhesives providing functional properties including corrosion resistance; fire retardance; ultraviolet, water and chemical resistance; heat and moisture resistance; design flexibility; high mechanical strength; low hazardous air pollution; impact resistance and scratch-proofing, and excellent strength-to-weight ratio.
North America Regional Office
Phone: +1 302 594 5000
Biocides, cleaners, coagulants and flocculants, converting additives, corrosion inhibitors, defoamers, deposit and scale inhibitors, internal and surface size agents, membrane treatments, odor inhibitors and neutralizers, oxygen scavengers, pulp mill additives, retention aids, drainage aids, clarification aids, tissue-making additives, wet- and dry-strength additives, and wood adhesives.
North America Regional Office
Phone: +1 800 345 0447
Fax: +1 302 992 7287
Our areas of expertise include organic and synthetic chemistry; polymer chemistry; surface and colloid science; rheology; structural analysis and 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 and suspension.
Oil and Gas Technologies - United States
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Synthetic-based, cellulose-based and guar-based water-soluble polymers for drilling fluids, drill-in-fluids, oil-well cement slurries, completion and workover fluids, and fracturing fluids.
Personal Care - United States
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Water- and organo-soluble polymers from natural and renewable raw materials for thickening and rheology control, conditioning, deposition, emulsification, film formation, and water binding and syneresis control.
Pharmaceutical - United States
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Cellulosic pharmaceutical-grade excipients in wide ranges of viscosities, types and degrees of substitution, and varied particle sizes for tablet binding, coatings, modified release and liquid and semi-solid rheology control.
Specialties Solutions - United States
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Products that provide unique properties from rheology modification and water retention to plasticization and lubrication for adhesives and glues, agricultural products, ceramics, civil engineering, electronics, fire-fighting fluids, foundry, industrial cleaners, inks and printing, mining, paint removers, paper and paper coatings, suspension polymerization, tobacco and welding rods.
Ashland Inc.
3475 Blazer Parkway
Lexington, KY
40509
Phone: +1 859 357 7777
Ashland Inc.
500 Hercules Road
Wilmington, DE
19808
Phone: +1 302 995 3000
Ashland Inc.
5200 Blazer Parkway
Dublin, OH
43017
Phone: +1 614 790 3333
Ashland Inc.
8145 Blazer Drive
Wilmington, DE
19808
Phone: +1 302 594 5000
Ashland Inc.
500 Diederich Boulevard
Russell, KY
41169
Phone: +1 606 329 3333
Ashland Inc.
1361 Alps Road
Wayne, NJ
07470
Phone: +1 973 628 4000
Ashland Inc. Global Headquarters
50 East River Center Boulevard
Covington, KY
41011
Phone: +1 859 815 3333
