CHEMTURA NAMES ROBERT WEDINGER GROUP PRESIDENT, PERFORMANCE SPECIALTIES

Chemtura Corporation (NYSE:CEM) has named Robert S. Wedinger to the position of Group President, Performance Specialties (Petroleum Additives, Urethanes, Polyurethane Dispersions, Fluorine, and Optical Monomers). Dr. Wedinger also serves as Chief of Staff, Chemtura Corporation.

He joined Chemtura in May 2006 with responsibility for the rubber chemicals and EPDM polymers businesses.

Dr. Wedinger came to Chemtura from J.M. Huber Corporation in Maryland, a $2.5 billion private diversified manufacturer, where he served as Vice President and General Manager of a $250 million performance materials business and a $130 million consumer products business. His other previous positions include Vice President and General Manager of pharmaceutical fine chemicals for Honeywell International (AlliedSignal) in New Jersey; Global Technical Director for the food ingredients division of FMC Corporation in Pennsylvania; and several positions in FMC Corporation's lithium division in North Carolina.

Dr. Wedinger earned a Bachelor of Science in chemistry and biology from Wagner College and a Ph.D. in physical organic chemistry from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He was a post-doctoral research fellow in synthetic organic chemistry at Harvard University. He holds 10 U.S. patents and has three patents pending.

Dr. Wedinger’s new post is part of an industry-based business model Chemtura is implementing to improve performance and accelerate growth. By focusing on end-use markets, Chemtura believes it will be better able to serve current customer needs, anticipate their future requirements and target rapidly growing industry segments.

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