Environmental concerns over the past 30 years have forced agrochemical manufacturers to develop more target specific and lower dosage products and phase out non-selective applications. Eastman responded to the changing climate and demands of the market by partnering with the global industry players who’ve lead the charge to develop more environmentally friendly herbicides and pesticides. With Eastman's custom and fine chemicals business, we offer superior manufacturing and technology for key intermediates as well as custom manufacture advanced intermediates and bulk actives for agchem concerns in the United States, Europe and Japan. We also offer multi-customer agrochemical intermediates to the primary producers, such as dimethylhexadiene (pyrethoid intermediate) and derivatives of cyclopropane carboxylic acid. Industry players also rely on a wide range of industrial intermediates, solvents and packaging materials that Eastman produces.

We maintain our competitive advantage in the agrochemical market by:

• Developing manufacturing processes for complex organic agrochemicals to any scale and at several pesticide-registered sites worldwide
• Offering extensive capabilities for safe handling waste materials at these sites
• Maintaining in-house production of base organic chemicals used in the manufacture of agrochemicals increasing the range of fine chemical intermediates made available to the industry
• Offering custom synthesis for unique products for a single customer.

Eastman manufactures several plasticizers to aid in the production of agricultural films exhibiting good weathering and heat stability properties. In addition, Eastman plasticizers offer a broad range of compatibility with other materials.