ASHLAND INC

Life Sciences is a leading supplier of excipients and tablet coating systems to the pharmaceutical and nutrition industries. Excipients include a comprehensive range of polymers for use as tablet binders, super disintegrants, sustained-release agents and drug solubilizers, as well as a variety of coating formulations for immediate, delayed, and sustained release applications. Core products include cellulosics and vinyl pyrrolidone polymers which are used primarily in oral solid dosage drug formulations. Its nutrition portfolio provides functional benefits in areas such as thickening, texture control, thermal gelation, structure enhancement, water binding, clarification and stabilization. Its core products include cellulose gums and vinyl pyrrolidone polymers which are used in a wide range of offerings for bakery, beverage, dairy, desserts, meat products, pet food, prepared foods, sauces and savory products.

Life Sciences operates throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. It has 14 manufacturing and lab facilities in nine countries which serve its various end markets. It has manufacturing facilities and labs in Wilmington, Delaware; Calvert City, Kentucky; Columbus, Ohio; Fiskeville, Rhode Island; and Texas City, Texas within the United States; Cabreuva and Sao Paolo, Brazil; Shanghai, China; Dusseldorf, Germany; Hyderabad, India; Mullingar, Ireland; Mexico City, Mexico; Bangkok, Thailand; and Istanbul, Turkey.

Life Science markets and distributes its products in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific.

For fiscal 2024, the following Life Sciences product categories were 10% or greater of Ashland’s total consolidated sales: