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innovation and R&D overview

who responsibly innovates for the future? we do.

Ashland has been at the forefront of designing, synthesizing and producing specialty additives and ingredients that are essential to everyday life.

We design our materials to deliver key functional attributes including sustainability, rheology, solubilization, film formation, stiffness, flexibility, and more that enable our customers’ products to provide the benefits consumers demand. Our solutions address key global megatrends and our products range from oral solid dose pharmaceuticals, natural, nature-derived and biodegradable ingredients for personal care, and water-based solutions for paint.

Ashland supports this broad range of products and applications because of our solid expertise in polymer science. With deep understanding of polymer design and assembly, Ashland produces a wide variety of homopolymers, copolymers, graft copolymers and crosslinked copolymers on platforms constructed from natural and synthetic building blocks.

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the latest from Ashland R&D

100 years of innovation

100 years of honoring our past, and looking towards our future by responsibly innovating for our customers.

New Central R&D EMEA lab opening and customer event in The Netherlands

Ashland solvers unveiled new R&D laboratories with an innovation seminar for customers in Zwijndrecht.

Celebrating second expansion of manufacturing and R&D lab in Mullingar, Ireland

Ashland has completed the second expansion of its pharmaceutical injectables manufacturing and R&D lab in Mullingar, Ireland.

Ashland is "Sustainably Soy Certified" by the Illinois Soybean Association

Our transformed vegetable oil (TVO) innovation platform offers new options to the world of soybean oil-based additives.

open innovation – solving with Ashland

We welcome partnerships with industry leaders, academic institutions, and emerging start-ups. Together, we can share innovative ideas and work towards responsibly solving for a better world.

innovation day 2025

Ashland recently hosted an Innovation Day for analysts and investors at the company’s Bridgewater, New Jersey facility showcasing the enhanced capabilities and expanded applications of Ashland's scalable technology platforms.

integration of ESG and R&D innovation

Our focus is always on expanding the possibilities of science to create a more livable and sustainable world.

Cabreúva plant opening

Ashland has completed an expansion of its pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Cabreúva, Brazil

Ashland innovation platforms

innovative, customizable, technologies

Ashland has launched exciting, new technology platforms aligned to our core that extend to secondary markets with new and differentiated capabilities.

super wetting agents

who is super at wetting? we are.
Our super wetting agents are super performers, delivering optimal coverage while being environmentally safe.

bioresorbable polymers

who puts the control in your release profile? we do.
Viatel™ platform of bioresorbable polymers are used in parenteral controlled release and medical device formulations.

transformed vegetable oils

who transforms vegetable oils? we do.
Ashland vegetable oils offer attractive characteristics with 4-in-1 benefits, which include dispersant, film forming, binding and delivery system.

ph neutralizer

who has superior additives for high-value markets? we do.
This patent protected, high efficiency / low VOC breakthrough platform offers improved sustainability, 100 percent yield with no was

liquid cellulose+ platform

who helps optimize your traditional manufacturing processes? we do.
Ashland is building on its natrosol™ rheology modifier technology by developing a liquid additive concept.

novel cellulosics platform

who has biodegradable, sustainably sourced biopolymers? we do.
Ashland is expanding its tool box of cellulose derivatives and applying a similar approach to other biopolymers.

multifunctional starch platform

who achieves superior performance with multifunctional starch? we do.
Ashland modified starches aim to enhance the natural benefits of starch with new performance capabilities.

products derived from our innovation platforms

R&D capabilities

applied research

Synthesize innovative products utilizing computational chemistry (artificial intelligence) and emprical structure property relationship understanding.

biodegradation

Our in-house biodegradation testing is assisting in the design of innovative new expertise in analytical science, and biodegradation products.

encapsulation

Our microencapsulation technologies can protect active or sensitive ingredients in formulations, and can introduce new functional properties, or impart appearance attributes.