美国亚什兰集团
美国亚什兰集团(Ashland) NYSE：ASH美国亚什兰集团官方网站网址:http://www.ashland.com/
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亚什兰集团1924成立，总部位于美国肯塔基州，全球财富500强企业之一。
亚什兰集团是一家全球性的多元化化工公司，为全球客户提供创新的产品、服务和解决方案。其主要业务涉及优质专业化学品（如非饱和聚酯树脂和凝胶涂层技术产品）、金属铸件消耗品（如固沙树脂材料和脱模剂）等精细化工产品，各种高级润滑油以及水处理等。在世界120个国家和地区进行生产、销售和服务。
亚什兰进入中国已有30年的历史。早在1975年亚什兰集团下属的德鲁化学公司通过与中国远洋运输总公司签订代理协议进入中国市场。从此以后，亚什兰集团在中国的业务稳步增长，先后成立了四家全资子公司，胜牌（上海）润滑油有限公司、亚什兰（常州）化学有限公司、亚什兰聚酯（昆山）有限公司、常州亚什兰现代化学有限公司，一家合资企业康胜（上海）润滑油有限公司，在北京、上海设立了销售代表处。亚什兰集团对常州和昆山的生产工厂进行扩建和升级，其中在常州的项目2005年投产。
作为亚什兰集团在中国的总部，亚什兰管理（上海）有限公司主要职能是，为在中国从事经营活动的所有公司提供综合管理支持，包括财务、税务、公共关系、环境健康及安全、人力资源、信息技术、法律事务和采购等。
亚什兰集团通过四个全资拥有的独立业务部门进行运营，这四个部门分别是：亚什兰高性能材料、亚什兰化工原料分销，胜牌和亚什兰水处理技术。
- 亚什兰高性能材料部门生产精细化学品和胶衣、金属铸造用消费品和胶粘剂, 产品应用于建筑和施工、包装和标签、运输、海运和金属铸造行业。
- 亚什兰化工原料分销部门采购并在北美销售化学产品、塑料和树脂，在欧洲销售塑料产品。
- 胜牌部门销售高端品牌的润滑油、汽车化学品、汽车美容产品并提供快速换油服务。
- 亚什兰水处理技术部门为工业、民用和商业设施提供专业的化学和非化学水及废水处理解决方案，该部门同时还为商船海运工业提供安全和救生产品。
Ashland was founded in 1924 as Ashland Refining Company of Ashland, Kentucky by Paul G. Blazer. The refinery was originally set up under the guise of the Swiss Oil Company located in Lexington, Kentucky. In 1930, the nearby Tri-State Refining Company was purchased, adding 5,500 barrels per day of capacity to the company. The company continued to merge or acquire other oil companies, combining with Swiss Oil in 1936, Allied Oil in 1948, Aetna Oil in 1949, and purchasing Frontier Oil Refining and National Refining in 1950. By that time, the company began to diversify, adding petrochemicals to its portfolio with the acquisition of R. J. Brown Company in 1956 and United Carbon in 1963.
Diversification continued with the purchase of Warren Brothers in 1966, which later became Ashland Paving and Construction. A significant acquisition was made in 1967 when the company purchased ADM Chemical Group; whose chemical distribution business would go on to be one of the primary businesses of the company in the later part of the 20th century. In 1969, the company reorganized to form Ashland Petroleum, as well as entering into a joint venture in Coal Mining under the name Arch Mineral.
In the 1980's and early part of the 1990's, Ashland continued to expand, buying The Permian Corporation and merging with Scurlock Oil Company in 1991. In 1992, most of Unocal's chemical distribution business was acquired, making Ashland the top chemical distributer in North America. At this time, the Industrial Chemicals & Solvents (IC&S) division was established. The company's name was changed to the present "Ashland Inc." in 1995, which noted the reduced important of oil in the overall business.
The late 1990's saw considerable change in the structure of the company. In 1998, the petroleum division merged with Marathon Oil（马拉松石油） to form Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LLC (MAP). Following that in 1999, the headquarters were moved from Russell, Kentucky to Covington, Kentucky, although the Russel office is still in operation as of 2007. A monumental change came in 2005, when Ashland sold its shares of the Marathon Ashland Petroleum joint venture, to Marathon Oil, effectively dissolving the remnants of their petroleum division. After the sale, the company was no longer involved in the refining or marketing of fuels. The original oil refinery in Catlettsburg, Kentucky is still in operation today and is owned and operated by Marathon. In 2006, Ashland sold APAC (the paving and construction division) to Oldcastle Materials of Dublin, Ireland.