Eastman Chemical Co. partners with key customers to expand its success.
"Adhesive applications are growing rapidly in China and our current customers are expanding in the region," says Glenda W. Eilo, Global Industry Leader, Adhesives and Packaging Materials Global Marketing, CASPI/Adhesives & Specialty Polymers, at Eastman. In 2000, the company began a joint venture with Yangzi Petrochemical Industrial Corp. in China called Nanjing Yangzi Eastman Chemical Ltd. to produce commercial quantities of Eastotac C-Series hydrogenated hydrocarbon resin. Eastman says it's looking to grow its business in China, through existing sites or with a joint venture to meet the needs of the Asia Pacific region.