Eastman Chemical Company
Eastman is the world's largest supplier of polyester plastics for packaging; a leading supplier of coatings raw materials, specialty chemicals and plastics; and a major supplier of cellulose acetate fibers and basic chemicals.
Eastman plastics products are used in packaging for beverages including soft drinks, water, juice, tea, liquor and sports drinks. EASTMAN specialty copolyesters are used in the highly demanding packaging for medical fluids, devices and pharmaceuticals as well as sensitive electronics. Other packaging applications for Eastman specialty plastics include flexible and rigid food pacakging, cosmetics and personal care items and household products.
In the packaging industry, Eastman also supplies materials for hot-melt adhesives and inks for printing on potato chip bags, candy wrappers and other packaging.
Other EASTMAN products include keep paints and coatings from cracking and extend the shelf life of foods. They contribute to the manufacture of safer medical equipment, film for smaller electronics devices and more efficient circuit boards for computers. They retard mold in animal feed and go into plasticizers that enable garden hoses to bend.
Eastman supplies plastics products for transaction cards; electrical connectors; medical devices; vending machines; signs; display cases; carpet fiber; binder fiber for car interiors and upholstery; heavy-duty shipping sacks and pond liners; toothbrushes; tool handles; sports equipment; and photographic, movie and X-ray film.
Hundreds of Eastman's specialty products are key ingredients in paints and coatings for houses, cars, bicycles, furniture and appliances worldwide.
Eastman is a world leader in the efficient, low-cost manufacture of basic chemicals for artificial sweeteners, pain killers, bleach activators in laundry detergent, safety glass, wallpaper, pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals, medical devices, vinyl flooring and acrylic paints, plasticizers in disposable gloves and toys, and countless other consumer products. The company's performance chemicals are used in carpet, asphalt pavement, silicon chips for computers and cellular telephone, antioxidants, hot-melt adhesives and optical brighteners.