Ashland
Ashland is a global specialty chemicals company headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, that provides high-performance ingredients and additives for the pharmaceutical, personal care, food and beverage, coatings, adhesives, and industrial markets. The company's product portfolio includes cellulose ethers, vinyl pyrrolidone polymers, acrylates, and specialty polymers sold under brands such as Benecel, Klucel, Natrosol, Plasdone, and Povidone. Ashland serves over 10,000 customers in more than 100 countries. Ashland does not offer a public developer API but provides digital product selection tools, safety data sheets, and technical documentation through its website.
APIs
Ashland Product Finder
Ashland's digital product finder tool enables customers to search and filter the specialty chemicals portfolio by application, industry, function, and chemistry type to identify...
Features
Specialty excipients for pharmaceutical formulations including binders, film coatings, controlled release polymers, and solubility enhancers.
Functional ingredients for personal care formulations including thickeners, conditioning agents, and film formers for hair care, skin care, and color cosmetics.
Food-grade specialty ingredients including thickeners, stabilizers, and texture modifiers for food and beverage applications.
Specialty chemicals for coatings, adhesives, construction, and oilfield applications including cellulosics and acrylates.
Comprehensive safety data sheets and technical documentation for all Ashland products accessible through the digital product portal.
Use Cases
Pharmaceutical formulators source Ashland excipients for drug delivery systems including tablets, capsules, topicals, and controlled-release dosage forms.
Cosmetic chemists use Ashland specialty ingredients to develop high-performance hair care, skin care, and color cosmetic formulations.
Manufacturers incorporate Ashland specialties into coatings, adhesives, construction materials, and oilfield applications for performance enhancement.
Integrations
Ashland conducts B2B procurement and supplier management through enterprise SAP systems.