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Elementis Specialties.(Technical Profiles)

July, 2008

Elementis Specialties

Address: 329 Wyckoffs Mill

Rd. Hightstown, NJ 08520

Tel: 609-443-2000

Fax: 609-443-2422

Internet: www.elementis-specialties.com

Date Founded: 1844

Additional Facilities:

US, Europe

Asia Pacific

Japan

Sales Contact:

Alice Starr

European Contact:

Dietmar Sonderman

Asian Contact:

CC Chiang

Marketing Contact:

Sel Avci

Technical Contact:

Bill Reynolds

contactus.web@elementis.com

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Elementis Specialties groups together the former business of RHEOX, Daniel Products, Systeem Chemie and Serve Condea. Our headquarters located in NJ and managed on global basis. Our products (BENTONE[R], RHEOLATE[R], THIXATROL[R], NUOSPERSE[R], DAPRO[R], SLIP-AYD[R], M-P-A[R] and others) enhance the flow and finish of ink and coatings. The manufacturing facilities include United States, Scotland, The Netherlands, Taiwan and mainland China.

PRODUCTS' SCOPE

We manufacture a wide range of specialty chemical additives encompassing both waterborne and solvent & oil based ink applications. The products include rheological additives, antisettling agents, defoamers, dispersants, wetting agents, surfactants, wax dispersions, surface tension modifiers and other specialty items. We also manufacture a wide range of pigment dispersion and tinting systems for both coatings and inks.

UNIQUE PRODUCTS

BARAGEL[R] 3000 self-activating high performance rheological additive; BENTONE[R] NP-10 easy to disperse organoclay and THIXATROL[R] 18 liquid pourable thickener for offset inks, RHEOLATE CVS[TM] color viscosity stabilizers and NUOSPERSE[R] APE and VOC free wetting agents for waterborne inks and coatings.

TECHNICAL MISSION

Develop innovative high performance, globally available, specialty chemicals that provide the solutions our customers need to grow their business and remain competitive in the global marketplace. We are committed to giving our customers first class service, delivered by people with relevant technical knowledge to provide solution to their needs.

R&D CAPABILITIES

Global, in-depth organic synthesis and organoclay development capabilities covering the areas of waterborne and nonaqueous theological additives, surfactants, dispersants, defoamers, slip and leveling aids, flatting aids, and coalescents. In-depth, world class analytical capabilities including XRD, XRF, SEM, HPLC and GLC.

QC CAPABILITIES

We utilize in-depth QC instrumentation and methodologies to effectively monitor all the critical parameters in our production processes. Our analytical labs provide in-depth backup for all our QC processes.

ISO AND ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS

All our manufacturing facilities are either ISO 2001 or 2002 certified. All our manufacturing facilities are kept current with all local and country wide regulations.

CONCLUSION

Elementis Specialties has been serving it's customers with high quality specialty chemicals for well over 100 years bringing innovative products to the marketplace that meet you and your customers needs. We offer world class technical support to our customer based on our in-depth knowledge of our usage.


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