Innospec Inc. (IOSP)

Fuel and performance chemicals maker. Read November 9, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 18, 2026. Ranked 30 of the 84 Basic Materials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing states approximately 2,450 employees across 22 countries and describes fuel additive, performance chemical and oilfield service segments with no count by segment, so the chemical manufacturing leads with the oilfield services at support activities for mining by description.

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 28% now, 34% at the end of 2027, 36% at the end of 2028, 36% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 36% desk work, 12% people work and 52% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 62% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 33% becomes checking a model's work and 5% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

2,450 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). Not stated; employees are in 22 countries with no count by country.

The filing: “We employ approximately 2,450 people across 22 countries, and we believe that the skills, commitment and enthusiasm of our employees helps us to deliver long-term growth for investors.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 2,450 employees across 22 countries, unchanged from a year earlier; placements, internships, work experience and apprenticeships across its sites; a Global ShareSave Plan; an annual CEO Call open to all employees.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Chemical Manufacturing (3251, 3252, 3253, and 3259 only), largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.

• Linde plc (LIN, 65,177 employees)32% now, 41% by 2028
• Ecolab Inc. (ECL, 48,000 employees)29% now, 35% by 2028
• Dow Inc. (DOW, 34,600 employees)30% now, 38% by 2028
• Corteva, Inc. (CTVA, 21,500 employees)21% now, 26% by 2028
• Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD, 21,300 employees)30% now, 38% by 2028
• LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB, 18,970 employees)30% now, 38% by 2028
• DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (DD, 15,000 employees)29% now, 36% by 2028
• Eastman Chemical Company (EMN, 13,000 employees)30% now, 38% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

3 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in its cybersecurity risk factors: the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence may intensify cyber risks, its own use of automation, AI and robotics increases exposure, and AI use by it and its partners may introduce vulnerabilities.

• “The rapid evolution and increased adoption of artificial intelligence technologies may intensify our cyber security risks.”
• “The proliferation of third-party financial data aggregators and emerging technologies, including our use of automation, artificial intelligence and robotics, increase our cyber security risks and exposure.”
• “Vulnerabilities may be introduced from the use of artificial intelligence by us, our customers, suppliers and other business partners and third-party providers.”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20210median 0
• Fiscal 20220median 0
• Fiscal 20233median 1
• Fiscal 20243median 4
• Fiscal 20253median 10

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• The filing counts nothing by segment, so the split between chemical manufacturing and oilfield services follows the revenue lines by description (c).
• The U.S. share is not stated.
• The headcount sentence carries no date; the count is taken at the fiscal year end.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001193125-26-056502, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.