Rhodia Corporate

Rhodia CorporateRhodia is an international chemical company resolutely committed to sustainable development. As a leader in its businesses, the Group aims to improve its customers’ performance through the pursuit of operational excellence and its ability to innovate. Structured around six Enterprises, Rhodia is the partner of major players in the automotive, electronics, flavors and fragrances, health, personal and home care markets, consumer goods and industrial markets. The Group employs around 14,500 people worldwide and generated sales of €4.8 billion in 2008. Rhodia is listed on NYSE Euronext.

For further details please visit our institutional website at: www.rhodia.com.

Rhodia Corporate
Coeur Défense, Tour A - 37 13ème étage
110, esplanade Charles de Gaulle
92931 PARIS LA DÉFENSE CEDEX
France

+33 1 5356 6498

www.rhodia.com

RHODIA PRESENTS ITS NEWLY OPENED R&D CENTER IN SHANGHAI

Shanghai, China – November 19, 2008 --- Rhodia today celebrated the opening of its new world-class Research & Development facility in Shanghai, China.

Rhodia and Dow Corning Drive Green Tyre Innovation with Silica/Silane Agreement

Midland, MI, USA and Paris, France, November 4, 2008 - Rhodia and Dow Corning Corporation have announced an agreement for the development and commercialisation of new silica/silane products to support the tyre industry’s drive for energy efficient, safer motoring.

Rhodia announces a plan to improve the competitiveness of its Polyamide businesses in Europe

Paris, France – October 8, 2008 – Rhodia has today presented a plan to improve the competitiveness of its Polyamide businesses in Europe to its European Works Council. The aim of the plan is to help these businesses adapt to changes in the polyamide market, which is expanding rapidly in Eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia but is experiencing slower growth in Western Europe.

Rhodia to boost innovation capability in asia

Shanghai, China – April 15, 2008 --- Rhodia today celebrated the laying of the foundation stone for a new world-class Research & Development facility in Shanghai, China at a ceremony in the presence of Shanghai municipality representatives, R&D partners and journalists from key medias of China and Japan, The new facility, due to open in summer 2008, will reinforce the Shanghai laboratory’s position as one of the five major R&D centers of the Group. It will employ 150 scientists and provide Rhodia with a geographically balanced global R&D footprint, allowing the Group to drive its growth and ambitious development targets in the Asia-Pacific region.