Ashland Inc. is a global additives and specialty ingredients company serving customers across pharmaceutical, nutrition, personal care, industrial coatings, construction, energy, and chemical markets in more than 100 countries. Operating through four segments—Life Sciences, Personal Care, Specialty Additives, and Intermediates—the company manufactures and sells excipients and polymers for pharmaceutical and nutritional products; natural and high-performance ingredients for oral care, hair care, skin care, and household cleaning; rheology and performance-enhancing additives for coatings, construction, automotive, and industrial applications; and chemical intermediates such as butanediol used in engineering polymers and specialty solvents. Ashland generates revenue through direct product sales distributed globally to multinational branded companies, independent formulators, and industrial manufacturers, competing on product performance, quality, pricing, supply security, and technical capability supported by its global scale and intellectual property portfolio.