Ashland Inc.
50 E RiverCenter Boulevard
PO Box 391
Covington,
KY 41012-0391
United States - Map
Phone: 859-815-3333
Web Site: http://www.ashland.com
| Ashland Inc. operates as a specialty chemicals company internationally. Its Ashland Aqualon Functional Ingredients segment produces cellulose ethers and pale wood rosin derivatives; and specialty additives and functional ingredients. Its products offer functionality, such as thickening and rheology control; water retention; adhesive strength; binding power; film formation; protective colloid, suspending, and emulsifying action; foam control; and pH stability. The companys Ashland Hercules Water Technologies segment manufactures papermaking chemicals and supplies specialty chemicals. It offers sizing agents, wet/dry strength additives, and crepe and release additives for tissue manufacturing; and deposit control agents, defoamers, biocides, and other process additives. This segment also provides specialized chemicals and consulting services for the utility water treatment; and performance-based feed and control automation, and remote system surveillance programs. Its Ashland Performance Materials segment manufactures and supplies specialty chemicals and customized services to the building and construction, transportation, metal casting, packaging and converting, and marine markets. It also offers unsaturated polyester and vinyl ester resins, and gelcoats; adhesives and specialty resins; and metal casting consumables and design services. The companys Ashland Consumer Markets segment produces and markets packaged automotive lubricants, chemicals, appearance products, antifreeze, and filters to the private passenger car, light truck, and heavy duty markets. It also operates a quick-lube franchise under the name of Valvoline Instant Oil Change. The companys Ashland Distribution segment distributes chemicals, plastics, composite raw materials, and plastics, as well as provides environmental services, including hazardous and nonhazardous waste collection, recovery, recycling, and disposal. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Covington, Kentucky. |
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| Key Statistics |
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| | Pay | Exercised | Mr. James J. O'Brien , 54
Exec. Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer and Member of Exec. Committee |
$
1.56M |
$
0 | Mr. Lamar M. Chambers , 54
Chief Financial Officer, Sr. VP, Member of Operating Committee and Member of the Exec. Committee |
$
405.00K |
$
159.00K | Mr. Sam Mitchell Jr., 48
VP, Pres of Ashland Consumer Markets and Member of Operating Committee |
$
659.00K |
$
0 | Mr. David L. Hausrath , 57
Sr. VP, Gen. Counsel, Chairman of Compliance Committee, Member of Operating Committee and Member of Exec. Committee |
$
583.00K |
$
0 | Mr. Charles Whitehead ,
Pres |
N/A
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Dollar amounts are as of
31-Dec-08
and compensation values are for the last fiscal
year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of
options exercised during the fiscal year.
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