Eastman Chemical Company Stocks

Eastman Chemical Company functions as a worldwide provider of specialized materials. Its Additives & Functional Products division offers a comprehensive range, including hydrocarbon and rosin resins, organic acid-based solutions, and amine-derived building blocks. This segment also provides agricultural chemicals like metam-based soil fumigants, thiram and ziram fungicides, and plant growth regulators. Additional offerings include specialty coalescents, various commodity and specialty solvents, paint additives, specialty polymers, heat transfer and aviation fluids, and rubber additives such as insoluble sulfur and anti-degradants, along with performance resins. These products cater to diverse sectors such as transportation, personal care, wellness, food, agriculture, construction, water treatment, energy, consumables, durables, and electronics. The Advanced Materials segment produces high-performance products including copolyesters, cellulosic biopolymers, cellulose esters, and polyvinyl butyral (PVB) sheets. It further supplies a variety of window and protective films, including those applied aftermarket, for high-value applications in transportation, consumer durables, electronics, building and construction, medical, pharmaceutical, and general consumables markets. Through its Chemical Intermediates segment, Eastman delivers essential chemical building blocks. This encompasses methylamines and their salts, various higher amines and solvents, olefin and acetyl derivatives, ethylene, and both primary phthalate and non-phthalate plasticizers, including specialized non-phthalate alternatives. These intermediates are vital for industrial chemical processes, construction, health and wellness products, and agrochemical formulations. Lastly, the Fibers segment is a significant producer of cellulose acetate tow, triacetin, cellulose acetate flake, acetic acid, and acetic anhydride, primarily for filtration media, notably cigarette filters. It also furnishes natural and solution-dyed acetate yarns for consumables and health and wellness markets, alongside wet-laid nonwoven media, specialty engineered papers, and cellulose acetate fibers for the transportation, industrial, agriculture, mining, and aerospace industries. Eastman Chemical Company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee.