CHEMTURA INCREASES AXION™ TIN CATALYST PRICES

ChemturaChemtura Corporation announces the following price increases for its Axion™ line of tin catalysts:

DBTO $2.40/kg (1.80 Euro/kg)
DOTO $2.30/kg (1.73 Euro/kg)
MBTO $2.50/kg (1.88 Euro/kg)

GE Plastics ehrt bei seiner jährlichen Preisverleihung wichtige europäische Logistikanbieter

Bester Logistikanbieter von GE Plastics für 2006: Van Den Bosch, NiederlandeBERGEN OP ZOOM, NIEDERLANDE — 15. Mai 2007 — GE Plastics ehrte fünf Unternehmen und zwei Personen bei der Preisverleihung am 12. April in Bergen op Zoom mit anschließendem Abendessen, um die wichtige Rolle seiner Logistikpartner und die Notwendigkeit hervorzuheben, einen hervorragenden Kundenservice zu leisten. Die Preisverleihung, die bereits zum vierten Mal durchgeführt wird, prämiert die Qualität, den Service und die termingerechte Lieferung durch Logistikanbieter, die dafür sorgen, dass GE Plastics den Anforderungen seiner Kunden gerecht wird.

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

Rhodia Engineering PlasticsLyon, 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.

BODY ARMOR WITH DYNEEMA® TO SERVE DURING 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES IN BEIJING

DyneemaURMOND (NL), 14 May 2007 - Bullet-resistant vests and helmets made with ultra-strong, light weight Dyneema® unidirectional (UD) from DSM for personnel security will help China create a safer environment for the upcoming 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. A vest design manufactured by Zhong Tian Feng Protection Products Technology Company Ltd. (ZTF), which features Dyneema® SB21, won a highly competitive and prestigious tender from the Beijing Bureau of Public Security.

The 3rd ICIS Asian Polymer Conference held in Shanghai

ICISRising crude values and expanded domestic capacity could restrain China’s volume of polymer imports this year. This was the message from a senior China customs official speaking at the 3rd ICIS Asian Polymer Conference in Shanghai this month. Zhang Bingzheng, Deputy Director of the Statistical Department of General Administration of China Customs, told over 100 high-level delegates that the rising price of imported crude in 2006 had made polymer imports more expensive. In 2006, the average import price of crude in China was $457.4/tonne, which was a rise of 21.6% on an annual basis. This was exacerbated by the fact that last year the domestic capacity of polymers expanded and replaced some imports, he added.

Neues Songwon-Werk für Antioxidantien in Betrieb

SONGWONUlsan, Korea, 14. Mai 2007 – Die neue, von Songwon Industrial Co. Ltd. im südkoreanischen Maeam (bei Ulsan) Anfang April 2007 vorzeitig fertig gestellte Produktionsstätte für Antioxidantien hat inzwischen die kommerzielle Produktion aufgenommen.

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

Rhodia Engineering PlasticsLyon, 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.

PR Pros Donate Manpower to Campaign for ‘Walk the World’: Global Fight Against Child Hunger

EurocomEurocom Worldwide, the global PR network, is driving this year’s pro-bono cooperation with United Nations World Food Programme to its climax on Sunday May 13, when the fundraising event ‘Walk the World’ takes place around the globe. During the last months, employees from Eurocom Worldwide member agencies around the world have been donating time and effort free of charge to help raise awareness of local ‘Walk the World’ events.