EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO.

Eastman Chemical Company is a global specialty chemical company that manufactures and sells a broad range of advanced materials, chemicals and fibres for use in various sectors. The company begun life in 1920 as a manufacturer of chemicals for Kodak’s photography business. Today, Eastman is a highly successful outfit in its own right, with multiple manufacturing sites across the Americas, Asia and Europe, and with market access to over 100 countries. Eastman Chemical Company operates through several divisions. The excipients portfolio falls under the Advanced Materials division, through which a wide variety of pharmaceutical ingredients including actives, excipients, and intermediates, are offered. Notable products include cellulose esters for capsule or tablet coatings to hydroquinone for skin lightening to neutralizing, extraction, and reactive agents.