GE Plastics Acknowledges Key Partnerships with European Logistics Services Providers at Annual Awards Ceremony

GE Plastics’ Logistics Service Provider of the Year: Van Den Bosch, The NetherlandsBERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — May 15, 2007 — Highlighting the critical role of its logistics partners in delivering excellent customer service during 2006, GE Plastics honored five companies and two individuals at an awards ceremony and dinner here on April 12. The awards program, now in its fourth year, recognizes the quality, service, and on-time delivery exhibited by logistics services providers that enable GE Plastics to meet its commitment to customers.

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.

Songwon’s new antioxidant plant in production

SONGWONUlsan, Korea, May 14, 2007 – The new Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. grass roots antioxidant manufacturing site in Maeam, Korea which was completed ahead of schedule at the beginning of April 2007 is now in commercial operation.

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.

Nobilas Joins with Institute of Insurance Economics at the University of St. Gallen to explore the Future of Accident Management

NobilasHoofddorp, the Netherlands, May 10, 2007 – To maintain insight into the key trends and developments in the motor insurance industry and to be able to provide insurers with an overview of the potential benefits of outsourcing accident and/or repair management activities, Nobilas Claims & Fleet Solutions, an Akzo Nobel company, today announced that it has embarked on a relationship with the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Of particular significance, Nobilas will participate in the Future Value project, part of the University’s Institute of Insurance Economics, to explore future trends in insurance and their implications for the industry.