Ashland's Fine Ingredients Division Forms New Business GroupsAshland's Fine Ingredients Division Forms New Business Groups

Ashland's Fine Ingredients Division Forms New Business Groups

DUBLIN, Ohio--To better provide specialized customer service, Ashland DistributionCo.'s Fine Ingredients Division (FID) has formed a dedicated electronic business and salesgroup as well as a nutritional technical services group. The division launched www.FIDonline.com, a customized electronic orderingwebsite, to provide registered United States customers with access to products, servicesand information. Stan Turner has been named manager of FID's electronic business group;his group will manage the website and look into new electronic business opportunities.

The Nutritional Technical Services group is part of the Ashland Nutritional Productsbusiness. It will work with customers in product development, support needs forformulation, and provide technical seminars to FID's sales force. Randy Kreinenbrink isthe manager of the group; the nutritional division offers more than 1,500 individualingredients as well as nutraceutical blend/premixes. Ashland's Fine Ingredients Divisiondistributes more than 3,500 specialty and nutritional ingredients, additives andprocessing aids.