ASHLAND INC.

Ashland Inc. produces specialty additives and functional ingredients for consumer and industrial applications across four operating segments: Life Sciences, Personal Care, Specialty Additives, and Intermediates. Life Sciences provides pharmaceutical polymers and nutritional formulation ingredients to drug manufacturers, healthcare facilities, and food producers. Personal Care supplies nature-derived ingredients, active compounds, and specialty polymers to consumer brands for skin care, hair care, oral care, and cleaning products. Specialty Additives manufactures performance-enhancing additives and rheology modifiers for paint, construction, and energy companies. The Intermediates segment produces 1,4 butanediol and chemical solvents for industrial, polymer, and electronic manufacturing.

The business operates across the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region, marketing its products in more than 100 countries. It maintains manufacturing and laboratory facilities in countries such as the United States, Brazil, China, Germany, and India, with additional derivative production in Texas and Kentucky. Ashland employs approximately 2,900 people worldwide and maintains its principal executive offices in Wilmington, Delaware.

Summary of the business section of Ashland's latest annual report, written by StockData.

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“As of September 30, 2025, Ashland had approximately 2,900 employees in more than 100 countries.”