Ascent Industries Co. is a specialty chemicals platform that develops, manufactures, and supplies tailored formulations and intermediates for a range of industrial applications. The company operates across petroleum-based and bio-based chemistry, producing products such as surfactants, defoamers, lubricating agents, flame retardants, and specialty intermediates.
The company's formulations serve a broad set of end markets, including cleaning formulations, coatings systems, oilfield production chemicals, agrochemical formulations, metalworking fluids, water treatment solutions, industrial textiles, and the metals industry. Its technical capabilities span specialty chemical formulation, chemical manufacturing, petroleum-based chemistry, and bio-based chemistry.
Ascent Industries Co. maintains a geographic presence across four U.S. states: Ohio, Tennessee, Illinois, and South Carolina. The company describes itself as committed to building one of the most efficient specialty chemical manufacturing platforms in the world.






