Air Products, a global diversified gases and chemicals company, has acquired the Electronic Chemicals business of Ashland Specialty Chemical.
Air Products, a global diversified diversified (di·verˑ·s gases and chemicals company, has acquired the Electronic Chemicals business of Ashland Ashland (ăsh`lənd).
1 Industrial city (1990 pop. 23,622), Boyd co., E Ky., on terraces along the Ohio River near the influx of the Big Sandy; settled 1786, inc. 1854. Specialty Chemical A Specialty chemical is a chemical produced for a specialized use. They are produced in lower volume than bulk chemicals, of which petrochemicals, made from oil feedstocks, are the most common. However, both are produced in a chemical plant. , a division of Ashland, in a cash transaction valued at approximately $300 million.
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