Eastman manufactures and markets chemicals, fibers and plastics worldwide. We provide key differentiated coatings, adhesives and specialty plastics products. We're the world's largest producer of PET polymers for packaging and a major supplier of cellulose acetate fibers. Founded in 1920 and headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, Eastman is a FORTUNE 500 company with 2006 sales of $7.5 billion and approximately 11,000 employees.

We produce over 1,200 products that enhance the lives of people worldwide. Even though our products are not household words, they are used in making everything from the packaging for your food, drinks and personal care products, to the fabric in your clothing and home furnishings, to the paint on your house and automobile, to the plastics on your bicycle helmet and golf clubs.