Ashland Hercules Water Technologies offers a state-of-the-art product portfolio comprised of a broad range of chemical and non-chemical technologies. These technologies are used around the globe by a diverse mix of customers to improve their operational efficiencies, to enhance the quality of their products, to protect their plant assets, and to minimize their impact on the environment.

Pulp and Papermaking Technologies
For the pulp and paper industry, we offer a comprehensive array of process, water treatment, and functional technologies. To view our product offering for this industry, please visit our Paper Technologies portfolio.

Water Treatment Technologies
For the commercial and institutional, food and beverage, mining, chemical processing, general manufacturing, and municipal industries, we offer a variety of water treatment technologies for influent, boiler water, cooling water, and wastewater applications. To view our product offering for these industries, please visit our Water Technologies portfolio.

Specialty Technologies
In addition to the above portfolios, we also offer innovative products for a diverse mix of specialty applications. These technologies include:

Crosslinkers, Curing Agents, and Polymers that enhance the end use performance of specialty papers, pigment dispersions, inks, coatings,
latex gloves, and bottle label adhesives.

Defoamers that control entrained air and foam in water-based
formulations and in aqueous manufacturing processes.

Dispersants and Surfactants that enhance a diverse mix of consumer
and industrial products and that disperse or saponify organic and
inorganic materials in aqueous process systems.

Hydrophobic Agents that prevent liquids from penetrating products
such as adhesives, building materials, and specialty papers. Wax emulsions and specialty release aids are also available for applications where release, scuff resistance, lubricity, or anti-blocking is desired.

Industrial Cleaners for removing oils, grease, wax, inorganic scale, and other contaminants from process equipment and from working/walking surfaces.

Wood Adhesives for manufacturing composite wood products such
as decorative plywood, particleboard, medium-density fiberboard, and  engineered wood flooring.