Ashland is a specialty chemical manufacturer. It operates in four business segments: Life Sciences, Personal Care, Specialty Additives, and Intermediates. The Life Sciences segment offers pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and nutrition, advanced materials, and agricultural products. The Personal Care segment provides skin and sun care, oral care, home care, and industrial cleaning products. The Specialty Additives segment focuses on coatings, construction, and energy solutions. The Intermediates segment's offering includes butanediol, tetrahydrofuran, etc. The company caters to the energy, healthcare, food and beverage, building, pharmaceutical, transportation, and other industries.