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Eastman Chemical Company

Eastman Chemical Company is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of advanced materials, chemicals, and fibers for everyday items. The company operates through four primary reporting segments: Additives & Functional Products, Advanced Materials, Chemical Intermediates, and Fibers. Its product portfolio includes specialty plastics, cellulosic fibers, window films, plasticizers, performance solvents, and recycled polymers used across industries such as transportation, building and construction, consumer goods, agriculture, and personal care. The business operates manufacturing facilities and technical centers across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America, serving customers in more than 100 countries worldwide.

Snapshot

Public USOwnership
1920Year founded
~13,000Employees
Kingsport, United StatesHead office
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Global footprint

Operations

Products and/or services of Eastman Chemical Company

  • Additives & Functional Products: Specialty coating additives, performance solvents, plasticizers, and heat transfer fluids supplied to automotive, architectural, industrial, and agricultural markets globally, supporting primary manufacturing and industrial processing supply chains.
  • Advanced Materials: Specialty copolyesters, protective interlayers, and performance window films supplied to international consumer packaging, electronics, medical device, and transportation sectors, utilizing specialized polymer synthesis and processing infrastructure.
  • Chemical Intermediates: Oxo alcohols, plasticizers, specialty monomers, and basic chemical building blocks manufactured at large-scale integrated chemical production facilities in Texas and Tennessee for global industrial chemical downstream processing applications.
  • Fibers: Cellulosic acetate tow, specialty acetate fibers, and cellulosic filament yarns manufactured for tobacco filtration, woven textiles, luxury apparel, and non-woven hygiene products distributed across global commercial end markets.
  • Molecular Recycling Technologies: Commercial-scale polyester renewal and carbon renewal processing facilities operating in Tennessee, breakdown post-consumer plastic waste into chemical monomers to feed circular specialty polymer manufacturing lines.
  • Crop Protection Solutions: Plant growth regulators, specialty agricultural formulation additives, and crop treatment chemicals supplied to commercial agricultural producers across North America, South America, and Europe for crop management.

Eastman Chemical Company executive team

  • Mr. Mark J. CostaChairman & CEO
  • Mr. William Thomas McLain Jr.CFO & Executive VP
  • Mr. Stephen Glenn CrawfordEVP, CTO & Chief Sustainability Officer
  • Mr. Brad A. LichExecutive VP & Chief Commercial Officer
  • Mr. B. Travis SmithExecutive VP of Additives & Functional Products, Manufacturing, WWE&C and HSE
  • Ms. Michelle R. StewartVP, Chief Accounting Officer & Controller
  • Mr. Gregory A. RiddleVice President of Investor Relations & Communications
  • Mr. Adrian J. HoltSenior VP & Chief Human Resources Officer
  • Mr. J. P. KuijpersMD of EMEA Region & Global Procurement Director
  • Ms. Julie A. McAlindonSenior VP of Regions & Chief Supply Chain Officer