Rhodia Polyamide Announces a Price Increase for its STABAMID® Polymer and Salt Range

Lyon, France - June 1, 2007 – Rhodia Polyamide announces a price increase of €100 per tonne - effective in June - for its STABAMID® Polyamide polymer and salt product range. Price increases will also be implemented in the Americas and Asia.

Rhodia Polyamide opens its first Technical Centre in China
Dedicated facility provides close customer support for

Lyon, France - May 14th, 2007 - Rhodia has reinforced its commitment to the Asian markets with the recent opening of a technical centre in Shanghai, consolidating Rhodia’s global technical centre network. The new facility brings the complete spectrum of engineering support to customers across the broad range of industries served by Rhodia Polyamide's engineering plastics materials in China and the wider Asian region.

Rhodia Polyamide’s Engineering Plastics joins Omnexus (www.omnexus.com) to provide the global engineering plastics community with Innovations and Services

Lyon, France - May 10th, 2007 – Rhodia Polyamide’s Engineering Plastics activities and SpecialChem announce today their new partnership on the Omnexus Platform offering services to the plastics and elastomers engineering community.

Rhodia Polyamide announces a price increase for Adipic acid in Europe

Lyon, France - January 8th, 2007 – In response to the continuing and lasting trend of rising raw material costs, Rhodia Polyamide announces a 70€ /t price increase effective January 1st, 2007.

SPE award for Roechling Automotive with Rhodia Technyl® A338 WIT2 V30

This is a low resolution photo. The high resolution photo will be uploaded as soon as possible. Lyon, France, November 6th, 2006 – Roechling Automotive wins the SPE Central Europe Automotive “Grand Innovation Award” 2006 for developing, in partnership with Rhodia Engineering Plastics, a cooling water pipe made of Technyl® A338 WIT2 V30.

Rhodia Continues its Development in Asia with the Construction of a New Polyamide Intermediates Unit

Paris, France - September 22, 2006 – Rhodia has announced the construction of Hexamethylene Diamine (HMDA) unit in China, as part of its upstream integration in the polyamide chain. With an annual capacity of 60kt/p.a, the new unit, to serve the fast growing HMDA merchant market in Asia, will be operational in early 2009.

羅地亞聚醯胺宣佈提高其在亞洲的尼龍鹽中間體包括已二酸、Stabamid®聚合物產品和Technyl®共混產品價格

里昂, 法國 – 2006年7月27日 –為了應對持續不斷的原油和能源成本上漲,羅地亞聚醯胺宣佈從2006年9月1日起開始進行產品提價。

Rhodia Polyamide announces a price increase for its Nylon Salt intermediates including Adipic Acid, Stabamid® Polymer Range and Technyl® Compound in Americas

Lyon, France - July 27, 2006 – In response to the continuing and lasting trend of rising crude oil and energy costs, Rhodia Polyamide announces price increases effective as follows:

Rhodia Polyamide announces a price increase for its Nylon Salt intermediates including Adipic Acid, Stabamid® Polymer Range and Technyl® Compound in Europe

Lyon, France - July 27, 2006 – In response to the continuing and lasting trend of rising crude oil and energy costs, Rhodia Polyamide announces price increases as follows:

Jean Claude Steinmetz Appointed As Rhodia Vice President, Automotive and Transportation Markets

Chicago, Illinois, June 19, 2006 – On June 1, 2006, Jean-Claude Steinmetz was appointed as Rhodia Vice President in charge of the Automotive and Transportation Markets. In his new position, he will have the mission to accelerate Rhodia’s development and penetration efforts in both markets. He joined Rhodia in 1999 as President of Rhodia’s Engineering Plastics business, and most recently was Vice President of Rhodia’s Engineering Plastics and Industrial Yarns Strategic Business Unit. He will report directly to Yves Boisdron, Rhodia Group Executive Vice President, Strategy.

Trexel Inc. and Rhodia Polyamide Announce Global Co-Marketing and Development Agreement; Rhodia Will Introduce New TECHNYL® XCell 6.6 and 6 Polyamide Grades Optimized for Trexel’s MuCell® Process

Chicago, Illinois, June 19, 2006 – Officials from Trexel Inc. and Rhodia Polyamide today announced that they are working in partnership through an arrangement that involves the establishment of an exclusive multi-year global co-marketing agreement, where Rhodia will actively develop and commercialize new material technology optimized for the MuCell® process, and where Trexel will work with Rhodia for polyamide applications.

Rhodia Polyamide Announces Introduction of New TECHNYL® XCell 6.6 and 6 Polyamide Grades Optimized for Use with Trexel’s MuCell® Process

Flexural Strength: 10% density saving with only a 10% flexural strength reductionChicago, Illinois, June 19, 2006 – Officials from Rhodia Polyamide’s Engineering Plastics Business Unit present at NPE 2006 today announced the introduction of new TECHNYL® XCell 6.6 and 6 polyamide grades optimized for use with Trexel’s MuCell® process. These new grades are the first technology deliverables from Rhodia as part of their newly signed global co-marketing and development agreement, where Rhodia will actively develop and commercialize new material technology optimized for the MuCell® process, and where Trexel will work exclusively with Rhodia for polyamide applications. These new resins will be available in industrial quantities during the third quarter of 2006. However, they are available immediately in trial quantities.