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Solenis is a leading global producer of specialty chemicals focused on delivering sustainable solutions for water-intensive industries, including consumer, industrial, institutional, food and beverage, and pool and spa water markets. Owned by Platinum Equity, the company’s product portfolio includes a broad array of water treatment chemistries, process aids, functional additives, and cleaners and disinfectants, as well as state-of-the-art monitoring and control systems. These technologies are used by customers to improve operational efficiencies, enhance product quality, protect plant assets, minimize environmental impact, and create cleaner and safer environments. Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, the company has 69 manufacturing facilities strategically located around the globe and employs a team of over 16,100 professionals in 130 countries across six continents. Solenis is a 2024 Best Managed Company Gold Standard honoree, recognized four years in a row. For additional information about Solenis, please visit www.solenis.com or follow us on social media.

Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH) is a global additives and specialty ingredients company with a conscious and proactive mindset for sustainability. The company serves customers in a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, including architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, food and beverage, nutraceuticals, personal care and pharmaceuticals. Approximately 3,800 passionate, tenacious solvers – from renowned scientists and research chemists to talented engineers and plant operators – thrive on developing practical, innovative and elegant solutions to complex problems for customers in more than 100 countries. Visit ashland.com and ashland.com/sustainability to learn more. ™ Trademark, Ashland or its subsidiaries, registered in various countries.

Adesis Inc. is a premier chemistry solution company backed by expert chemists and partnering with biotech and pharma industries to accelerate their research and manufacturing goals. Through the years, we’ve retained our original culture anchored in ethics, integrity, values, family, transparency, speed, safety and trust. We are one of the few companies that can turn a difficult whiteboard chemistry concept into a physical product. We specialize in organic and organometallic synthesis and deliver organic chemistry services in three areas: early-stage research, scale-up and development, and specialty manufacturing. Our turnaround times are recognized as among the fastest in the industry – a direct result of minimizing red tape, maximizing lab time and quick, efficient decision-making. When clients say ‘let’s begin,’ we’ve already started. The companion to this remarkable speed is our commitment to safety. The Adesis Facility Safety Program is designed to constantly raise the level of awareness of safe work practices. Our vigilance extends to the protection of client patents and intellectual property. Backed by the effective use of systems, security and formalized processes, client confidentiality is always a priority. We pride ourselves on our chemists being respected for their brilliance and enthusiasm to collaborate and adapt. If a client needs to shift, we pivot quickly to provide the necessary facilities and specialist brainpower to address any challenge and keep the project moving. The compounds we develop for clients have found use in life-enhancing oncology, anti-infective, animal treatment, central nervous system, immunotherapy, therapeutic, ophthalmic, biomarkers, skin care, catalysts and other applications. Reliably and safely solving the toughest chemistry problems in partnership with its clients is the core purpose of Adesis. Trusted collaboration with exceptional chemistry teams. In Adesis hands, the science is not complicated.