Ashland.com

Products & Services

We provide water treatment solutions, including industrial, commercial and institutional water treatments, wastewater treatment, paint and coating additives, pulp and paper processing and mining chemistries. We are proud of our product stewardship, and we will not make or sell any product that cannot be developed, handled, stored, transported, used or disposed of safely.

LABORATORY SERVICES

We offer a wide range of laboratory services to our customers to help you solve a variety of problems. Our state-of-the-art laboratories and experienced staff also help us develop and test the next generation of water treatment products and solutions that will help keep your equipment and facilities operating at peak efficiency.

PROCESS TREATMENT-FOOD & BEVERAGE

We are a global leader in providing quality products and services to all segments of the food-processing industry. Consequently, you can depend on us to provide solutions that will help keep your facilities operating at peak efficiency. Our complete range of products includes boiler water additives for FDA/USDA and kosher regulated food processors.

PROCESS TREATMENT-MINING

While we are the market leader in the development of mining process antiscalants, we also provide a comprehensive list of other products and services to all facets of the mining industry. These include such treatment solutions as viscosity modifiers, boiler water and cooling water treatments, coagulants, flocculants, additives and corrosion inhibitors.

PROCESS TREATMENT-PULP & PAPER

We provide specialty chemicals and programs to help pulp and paper makers improve productivity, quality and environmental compliance in all areas of the mill. Our treatment solutions include incoming water treatment, boiler water treatment, cooling water treatment, pulping, washing and bleaching, chemical recovery, papermaking, coating and waste treatment. Our paper chemicals business is global and operates inside our Environmental and Process Solutions business group.

PROCESS TREATMENT-SPECIALTY ADDITIVES

Using state-of-the-art technology, we provide high-performance additives solutions to the global paint and coatings, graphic arts/OPV, latex/rubber and adhesives industries. Additionally, our technical service laboratories are located in the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific, allowing for quick technical solutions for formulations and process engineers no matter where they are located.

»	Microbiocides
	Our AMERSTAT® and BIOSPERSE® microbiocide product line assists formulators in the latex, ink/overprint varnish, adhesive and coatings markets overcome microbiological problems.

»	DREWFAX® Specialty Surfactants
	DREWFAX surfactants help formulators in paint/coating, ink/overprint varnish and adhesive markets to overcome compatibility issues from raw materials that don't properly fit the formulation matrix.

»	DREWGARD® Flash Rust Corrosion Inhibitors
	Our DREWGARD product line has been formulated to perform as flash rust - as well as long-term corrosion - inhibitors in paint and coatings and fountain fluid formulations.

»	DREWPLUS® Foam Control Agents
	DREWPLUS products - applicable as antifoams, defoamers, air-release agents or dissolution de-aerators - prevent or overcome micro-foam or macro-foam issues that occur during aqueous formulations.

»	DREWSLIP® Slip and Surface Modifiers
	DREWSLIP products help formulators fine-tune film-properties of aqueous formulations such as slip, scratch resistance, abrasion resistance, staining resistance and early block/anti-block resistance.

»	DREWRAD™ Radiation-Curable Resins
	We provide DREWRAD™ radiation-curable resins, a unique, patented "self-initiating" family of acrylic oligomers designed to provide a new approach to the needs of the radiation-cure industry.

WATER & WASTEWATER TREATMENT

We provide a full range of chemical and non-chemical products and equipment at highly competitive prices for use in a wide variety of water and wastewater treatment processes. Products include boiler water and cooling water treatments, defoamers and antifoamers, corrosion inhibitors, antiscalants, emulsifiers and dispersants, odor control agents, liquid/solid separators and much, much more.

»	Boiler Water Treatment
	High-heat flux boilers require both external water treatment, to remove dissolved ions and gasses, and internal chemical treatment, to prevent deposits and corrosion in the entire boiler system.

»	Cooling Water Treatment
	We design programs to accomplish two things: to keep plant systems free of corrosion and deposits, and to do it cost-effectively. Thus, we provide outstanding value for your water treatment budgets.

»	Equipment Technology
	From the simplest to the most complex equipment, we have the technology, experience and services to engineer, provide and maintain your automation, control, and chemical feed and storage requirements.

»	Fireside Treatment
	AMERGY® fuel oil treatments are technologically advanced, high-performance fuel and fireside additives for treating residual fuel oil, distillate fuel oil, wood or coal fuels and refuse derived fuels.

»	Foam Control
	Our broad product line handles a variety of foaming problems, including products with low aquatic toxicity designed to control foam in a variety of air scrubber and wastewater treatment systems.

»	Maintenance Treatments
	Our investment protection programs consist of effective, simplified maintenance programs proven to maximize system performance, while extending equipment life.

»	Oxidative Chemicals
	We designed, built and patented one of the first commercially available chlorine dioxide generators. Today, our custom-designed and manufactured GENEROX™ chlorine dioxide generating systems are in use worldwide, providing antimicrobial and pollution-control solutions a host of applications.

»	Ultrasonic Water Treatment
	In response to increasing concern for safety and the environment - as well as the importance of effective microbiological control - we offer the SONOXIDE® Ultrasonic Microbial Control Program.

»	Wastewater Treatment
	We have a full range of wastewater treatment products at highly competitive prices. We also offer on-site technical service and troubleshooting applications.

DID YOU KNOW?

We have a broad product line of foam control agents to handle a wide variety of foaming problems.