Ashland Inc. · Covington, KY United States ·(NYSE: ASH)
Company Description
Phone: 859-815-3333
Fax: 859-815-5053
Rankings
- #310 in FORTUNE 500
- S&P 400
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This link will open in a new window Ashland is built on chemicals and cars. The company consists of five business units. Ashland Distribution , which represents half of its business, buys chemicals and plastics and then blends and repackages them for distribution in Europe and North America. Ashland Performance Materials makes specialty resins, polymers, and adhesives. Ashland Hercules Water Technologies provides chemical and non-chemical products for commercial, industrial, and municipal water treatment facilities. Valvoline runs an oil-change chain and markets Valvoline motor oil and Zerex antifreeze. The last unit is Ashland Aqualon Functional Ingredients , which makes additives for the personal care, food, and pharmaceutical industries. To read the full description, subscribe now.
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Key Ashland Inc. Financials
| Company Type | Public - NYSE: ASH Headquarters |
| Fiscal Year-End | September |
| 2009 Sales (mil.) | $8,106.0 |
| 2007 Employees | 11,700 |
Ashland Inc. Executives
42 executives listed for Ashland Inc.'s Covington, KY location.
| Title | Name & Bio | Contact |
| Chairman and CEO | James O'Brien | Network |
| SVP and CFO | Lamar Chambers | Network |
| VP Information Systems | Kristy Folkwein | Network |
Competition
Competitive Landscape for Ashland Inc.
Demand is driven by the health of the US economy because chemicals are used to make a wide variety of industrial and consumer products. The profitability of individual companies is closely tied to efficient operations. Big companies have large economies of scale in production. Small companies can compete effectively by producing specialty products, of which there are a large number, or by operating a single plant highly efficiently. The industry is capital-intensive: average annual revenue per employee is more than $500,000. To read the full description, subscribe now.Top Ashland Inc. Competitors
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