Ashland Inc. (NYSE:ASH) is looking for acquisitions. During Fourth Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call John Willis Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer said, "We are investing in our existing businesses and technology platforms to grow organically and continue to pursue our strategy of enhanced profitable growth through targeted bolt-on M&A opportunities focused on pharma, personal care and coatings". Guillermo Novo, Chair and Chief Executive Officer said, "We will invest more than $5 million in new technical and commercial resources to drive enhanced growth within the new technology platforms. And we are continuing to pursue our strategy to grow organically by acquiring bolt-on technologies to enhance our big 3 core businesses of pharma, personal care and coatings, but we will maintain capital allocation discipline as we pursue those opportunities".