Ashland Inc.

Ashland Inc. is a was founded in 1924 in the United States company that is active in more than 100 countries worldwide. The company's headquarters is located in Covington, Kentucky. Ashland manufactures chemicals, plastic products, motor oils and other special products. Ashland Inc. took over in August 2011 ISP ( International Specialty Products).

The company is listed on the stock index S & P 500 and a member of the CIDX standards.

Valvoline

Valvoline is the most well-known division of Ashland. Founded in Pennsylvania, USA in 1866 by John Ellis and adopted in 1950 by Ashland, Valvoline is now active in over 140 countries and active for more than 125 years, for example, in Germany.

The European headquarters of Valvoline in the Netherlands, specifically in Barendrecht. The manufacture of many products for the European market, Middle East and Africa takes place in the Valvoline plant in Dordrecht, also in the Netherlands, instead. The corporate headquarters is located in Lexington, Kentucky.

Mostly known as a manufacturer of lubricants, Valvoline also offers chemical products and programs for the automotive sector, as well as rust protection products to the in-house brand tectyl.

Dealing with radioactive waste

In 2010 it was announced that the company in Martha, a community in Kentucky, has sold thousands of contaminated feed pipes to farmers, nurseries and schools, without informing them of the contamination. Were measured up to 1,100 micro- roentgen per hour, so that the elementary school and several houses had to be evacuated after the discovery of radiation immediately.