Ashland Hercules Water Technologies, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., is a leading specialty chemical supplier to a number of the world's most essential industries. The chemistries offered are used by customers to improve their operational efficiencies, to enhance the quality of their products, to protect their plant assets, and to minimize their impact on the environment.

Vision

To be a leading, global specialty chemicals company whose inspired and engaged employees add value to all we touch.

Markets Served

Ashland Hercules Water Technologies is a highly respected specialty chemical supplier to the pulp, paper, commercial and institutional, food and beverage, mining, chemical processing, general manufacturing, and municipal industries. Notably, Ashland is the leading global producer of papermaking chemicals.

Pulp	Chemical  Mechanical  Recycle
Paper	Packaging  Printing and Writing  Tissue and Towel
Commercial and Institutional	Commercial Properties  Education  Government  Healthcare  Hospitality  Residential  Retail
Food and Beverage	Beverage  Cannery  Dairy  Fruits and Vegetables
Mining	Alumina  Base Metals  Coal  Gold  Uranium
Chemical Processing	Adhesives  Agchemicals  Industrial Coatings  Inks and Pigments  Metalworking Fluids  Paints and Coatings
General Manufacturing	Automotive  Building Materials  Electronics  Industrial Gases  Pharmaceuticals  Plastics and Moldings  Textiles  Tire & Rubber
Municipal	Drinking Water  Wastewater
Metals
Oil Refining
Power Generation

Ashland Hercules Water Technologies offers a state-of-the-art product portfolio comprised of a broad range of chemical and non-chemical technologies.

Pulp and Papermaking Technologies
For the pulp and paper industry, we offer a comprehensive array of process, water treatment, and functional chemistries. To view our product offering for this industry, please visit our Paper Technologies portfolio.

Water Treatment Technologies
For the commercial and institutional, food and beverage, mining, chemical processing, general manufacturing, and municipal industries, we offer a variety of water treatment technologies for influent, boiler water, cooling water, and wastewater applications. To view our product offering for these industries, please visit our Water Technologies portfolio.

Wood Adhesives
For manufacturers of wood products such as decorative plywood, particleboard, medium-density fiberboard, and engineered wood flooring, we offer Wood Adhesives that are cost competitive and formaldehyde free.

On site Professionals

As a leading specialty chemical supplier, Ashland Hercules Water Technologies has one of the largest and most knowledgeable front-line sales team to support the various industries we serve.  These sales representatives work side by side with our customers to diagnose problems and customize solutions that ensure success.  Through these individuals, a customer has access to the entire spectrum of products, programs and services available from Ashland.

Our field sales force is supported by more than 150 applications engineers.  Knowledgeable in chemistry, engineering, microbiology, metallurgy, and aquatic biology, these experts can help troubleshoot even the most challenging water or industrial process problems.  Equally important, these individuals play a key role in the rapid commercialization of new technologies developed by our research scientists.

Corporate Headquarters

Hercules' corporate headquarters is located in Wilmington, Delaware, USA.

Research Center

Ashland Hercules Water Technologies conducts leading-edge research studies from state-of-the-art facilities located in Wilmington, Delaware, and Krefeld, Germany.

Customer Applications Laboratories 

Supporting both our field sales and applications experts are the vast resources of our regional Customer Applications Laboratories located in Wilmington, Delaware; Krefeld, Germany; and Shanghai, China.

These facilities house extensive analytical capabilities, comprehensive paper-testing and water analysis resources, and innovative process testing instrumentation.  These resources enable our scientists to analyze and identify customer problems rapidly, compare the impact of system additives in various industrial substrates, and select the best chemistry or program to address a customer’s process needs.  To support our paper industry customers, our pilot paper machine (housed in Wilmington, Delaware) is used to conduct product interaction studies and prove commercial viability without the risk of disruption to paper mill production.

Production Facilities

Ashland Hercules Water Technologies has 35 production facilities strategically located around the globe.