Ingevity Corp. NGVT

What this company does

Ingevity Corporation develops, manufactures, and brings to market products used in applications including automotive gasoline vapor emissions control systems, food, water and chemical filtration, asphalt paving, agrochemical dispersants, bioplastics, coatings, elastomers, and paint for road markings. The company employed approximately 1,500 employees, of whom approximately 74 percent were employed in the U.S. It operates in three reportable segments: Performance Materials, Performance Chemicals and Advanced Polymer Technologies. Its Performance Materials segment engineers, manufactures, and sells hardwood-based, chemically activated carbon products produced through a specialized process primarily for use in gasoline vapor emission control systems in internal combustion engines and hybrid electric vehicles, including cars, trucks, motorcycles, and boats. Ingevity's business originated as part of the operations of its former parent company, Westvaco Corporation, in 1964, and it operated as a division of Westvaco Corporation and its corporate successors, including MeadWestvaco Corporation and WestRock Company, until its separation from WestRock in May 2016.

Written from the business description in INGEVITY CORPORATION's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 26 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.