Eastman Chemical Company 〈Web ESSENTIAL〉

“Does it work?”

“They call us a ‘chemical company,’” said a young executive named Margaret, clipboard in hand. “But we’re really a problem-solving factory. A car breaks? We make the windshield interlayer. A soda goes flat? We make the bottle’s barrier resin.” eastman chemical company

Decades later, Henry—now bald, stooped, and called “Mr. Henry” by the young chemists—stood on a catwalk overlooking a new plant. The company had survived the war, outlived the coal era, and pivoted to polyester, plastics, and fibers. “Does it work