Ashland Inc

Ashland Inc Overview

Company Headquarters: Kentucky, US

Founded: 1924

Workforce: ~6,000

Company Working: Ashland is one of the leading providers of specialty chemical solutions, products, and resources across the globe. It serves a wide range of consumers and industries, such as energy, food and beverage, adhesives, architectural coatings, automotive, construction, personal care, nutraceuticals, and pharmaceutical. The company operates through three business units—intermediates and solvents, composites, and specialty ingredients unit. The company offers hydrate inhibitors under the specialty ingredients segment. These products are low-dose kinetic hydrate and can be used as an alternative to thermodynamic hydrate inhibitors (THI) or boosters to THI methods in other scenarios across the oil and gas industry. It has a vast geographical presence with over 100 offices across North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the rest of the world.

Strategy

· Creation of premium specialty chemical provider with a streamlined product portfolio focused on special ingredients

· Product developments in the segments including energy, medical, and coatings

Company Snapshot

$3,019M

Revenue

6,000

Employees

1924

Founded

Kentucky, US

Headquarters

SWOT Analysis

Strengths

Wide geographic presence
High focus on R&D
Production facilities of broad specialty chemicals ranging from construction chemicals to agrochemicals
Strong personal care customer base than other key industry players
Established presence globally
Broad product and service portfolio
Strong Financial Performance

Weaknesses

Limited sales offices on the global level
Supplier driven distribution channel
Inability of certain raw material suppliers to fulfill contractual requirements
Significant level of indebtedness

Opportunities

Mergers and acquisitions
Transition towards premium specialty chemical company and wise investment in the capacity expansions
To collaborate with industry players in the growth driven economies such as China, India
Optimization of business portfolio
Favorable trends in the global specialty chemicals market
Strategic initiatives

Threats

Stringent Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulations
Stiff competition
Stringent environmental regulation which increasing operating cost
Uncertainties in environmental remediation reserves
▪ Stringent Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulations
Stringent environmental regulation which is increasing operating cost

Product Offering

Ashland Inc
- • Crop Protection
- • Textile
- • Building & Construction
- • Food & Beverages
- • Packaging
- • Personal Care
- Oil and Gas
- Industrial Specialties – Oil and Gas
- Corrosion Inhibitors

Financial Performance

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