美國亞什蘭集團
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亞什蘭集團1924成立，總部位於美國肯塔基州，全球財富500強企業之一。
亞什蘭集團是一家全球性的多元化化工公司，為全球客戶提供創新的產品、服務和解決方案。其主要業務涉及優質專業化學品（如非飽和聚酯樹脂和凝膠塗層技術產品）、金屬鑄件消耗品（如固沙樹脂材料和脫模劑）等精細化工產品，各種高級潤滑油以及水處理等。在世界120個國家和地區進行生產、銷售和服務。
亞什蘭進入中國已有30年的歷史。早在1975年亞什蘭集團下屬的德魯化學公司通過與中國遠洋運輸總公司簽訂代理協議進入中國市場。從此以後，亞什蘭集團在中國的業務穩步增長，先後成立了四家全資子公司，勝牌（上海）潤滑油有限公司、亞什蘭（常州）化學有限公司、亞什蘭聚酯（昆山）有限公司、常州亞什蘭現代化學有限公司，一家合資企業康勝（上海）潤滑油有限公司，在北京、上海設立了銷售代表處。亞什蘭集團對常州和昆山的生產工廠進行擴建和升級，其中在常州的項目2005年投產。
作為亞什蘭集團在中國的總部，亞什蘭管理（上海）有限公司主要職能是，為在中國從事經營活動的所有公司提供綜合管理支持，包括財務、稅務、公共關係、環境健康及安全、人力資源、信息技術、法律事務和採購等。
亞什蘭集團通過四個全資擁有的獨立業務部門進行運營，這四個部門分別是：亞什蘭高性能材料、亞什蘭化工原料分銷，勝牌和亞什蘭水處理技術。
- 亞什蘭高性能材料部門生產精細化學品和膠衣、金屬鑄造用消費品和膠粘劑, 產品應用於建築和施工、包裝和標簽、運輸、海運和金屬鑄造行業。
- 亞什蘭化工原料分銷部門採購併在北美銷售化學產品、塑料和樹脂，在歐洲銷售塑料產品。
- 勝牌部門銷售高端品牌的潤滑油、汽車化學品、汽車美容產品並提供快速換油服務。
- 亞什蘭水處理技術部門為工業、民用和商業設施提供專業的化學和非化學水及廢水處理解決方案，該部門同時還為商船海運工業提供安全和救生產品。
Ashland was founded in 1924 as Ashland Refining Company of Ashland, Kentucky by Paul G. Blazer. The refinery was originally set up under the guise of the Swiss Oil Company located in Lexington, Kentucky. In 1930, the nearby Tri-State Refining Company was purchased, adding 5,500 barrels per day of capacity to the company. The company continued to merge or acquire other oil companies, combining with Swiss Oil in 1936, Allied Oil in 1948, Aetna Oil in 1949, and purchasing Frontier Oil Refining and National Refining in 1950. By that time, the company began to diversify, adding petrochemicals to its portfolio with the acquisition of R. J. Brown Company in 1956 and United Carbon in 1963.
Diversification continued with the purchase of Warren Brothers in 1966, which later became Ashland Paving and Construction. A significant acquisition was made in 1967 when the company purchased ADM Chemical Group; whose chemical distribution business would go on to be one of the primary businesses of the company in the later part of the 20th century. In 1969, the company reorganized to form Ashland Petroleum, as well as entering into a joint venture in Coal Mining under the name Arch Mineral.
In the 1980's and early part of the 1990's, Ashland continued to expand, buying The Permian Corporation and merging with Scurlock Oil Company in 1991. In 1992, most of Unocal's chemical distribution business was acquired, making Ashland the top chemical distributer in North America. At this time, the Industrial Chemicals & Solvents (IC&S) division was established. The company's name was changed to the present "Ashland Inc." in 1995, which noted the reduced important of oil in the overall business.
The late 1990's saw considerable change in the structure of the company. In 1998, the petroleum division merged with Marathon Oil（馬拉松石油） to form Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LLC (MAP). Following that in 1999, the headquarters were moved from Russell, Kentucky to Covington, Kentucky, although the Russel office is still in operation as of 2007. A monumental change came in 2005, when Ashland sold its shares of the Marathon Ashland Petroleum joint venture, to Marathon Oil, effectively dissolving the remnants of their petroleum division. After the sale, the company was no longer involved in the refining or marketing of fuels. The original oil refinery in Catlettsburg, Kentucky is still in operation today and is owned and operated by Marathon. In 2006, Ashland sold APAC (the paving and construction division) to Oldcastle Materials of Dublin, Ireland.
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