innovation and R&D overview
responsibly solving for a better world
Ashland has been at the forefront of designing, synthesizing and producing specialty additives and ingredients that are essential to everyday life.
We design our materials to deliver key functional attributes including sustainability, rheology, solubilization, film formation, stiffness, flexibility, and more that enable our customers’ products to provide the benefits consumers demand. Our solutions address key global megatrends and our products range from oral solid dose pharmaceuticals, natural, nature-derived and biodegradable ingredients for personal care, and water-based solutions for paint.
Ashland supports this broad range of products and applications because of our solid expertise in polymer science. With deep understanding of polymer design and assembly, Ashland produces a wide variety of homopolymers, copolymers, graft copolymers and crosslinked copolymers on platforms constructed from natural and synthetic building blocks.
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From our broad base of materials and capabilities, Ashland quickly adapts to new market trends as consumer preferences and needs change. In addition, Ashland is well positioned to be a critical partner to new and emerging application fields, especially where new polymer functionalities are required. Ashland's core technologies include natural extracts & biofunctionals, functional nutrition solutions, polysaccharides, acetylenics, polyesters, polyethers, monomers and functional molecules.
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Ashland innovations driving growth
bringing innovations to live at in-cosmetics Global
Ashland created a truly immersive experience bringing newly launched innovations to life.
innovations in the can at European Coatings Show
Ashland's coatings innovations have a significant impact on performance, safety and the environment.
next-gen controlled release polymers
Who brings R&D to controlled release? We do. We developed newer versions of controlled release polymers, which allow production of controlled release tablets at much higher production rates.
functionalized natural feedstock enabling multiple end uses
Who loves whiter, brighter smiles? We do. Our solvers have developed technology that is both nature derived and biodegradable.
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