PQI GUANGZHOU COLLEGE CONDUCTS PAINT SALES TRAINING AT HOME DEPOT STORES IN CHINA

Rohm and Haas CompanyShanghai, China, August 7, 2007 - PQI (The Rohm and Haas Paint Quality Institute) Guangzhou College conducted paint sales training for over 200 sales associates of seven Home Depot stores in Beijing and Tianjin from July 2 to 6, 2007. The objective was to equip sales associates with a thorough knowledge of paint and painting practices, thus enabling them to better advise customers about paint selection and application.

AVERY DENNISON’S THEME FOR LABELEXPO HIGHLIGHTS ITS FOCUS ON HELPING CUSTOMERS GROW

Avery DennisonLeiden, The Netherlands - Avery Dennison announced today that its theme for Labelexpo Europe is “Together We Grow,” which will highlight the way the Company works with its customers to help them grow their businesses and profits.

Le vitrage Lexan* Thermoclear* de GE Plastics confère une grande liberté de conception et des performances concrètes pour les stades et les arènes

La plaque Lexan* Thermoclear* de GE utilisée pour la toiture du stade de Wankdorf à Berne, en Suisse >BERGEN OP ZOOM, PAYS-BAS — 6 août 2007 — GE Plastics vient d’annoncer aujourd’hui que son vitrage Lexan* Thermoclear* avait été choisi pour réaliser la toiture de trois stades pour le tournoi de football UEFA Euro 2008™. Ce vitrage thermoplastique polyvalent est utilisé depuis plus de 25 ans pour la toiture de grands stades et pour le vitrage d’autres structures et offre un ensemble unique d’avantages pour le vitrage des grandes structures complexes comme les stades : légèreté, grande résistance aux chocs et possibilité de créer des formes compactes.

CHEMTURA NAMES NICOL VP, GLOBAL BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES

Chemtura names James Nicol VP, Global Building & Construction Industries.Chemtura Corporation (NYSE:CEM) has appointed James Nicol Vice President, Global Building & Construction Industries. He reports directly to Polymer Additives Group President Anne Noonan.

GLS CORP. TO LAUNCH NEW TECHNOLOGY SUITE OF BLOW MOLDING TPEs AT K’ 2007

GLS will showcase at K’ 2007, a new technology portfolio of specialty vibration- and sound-dampening TPE alloys which enable manufacturers to mitigate the negative effects of noise and vibration from products such as hardware tools, footwear, electronics, building materials, personal protection, and acoustic control applications.  This new damping technology utilizes mechanical principles for sound deadening across a wide frequency range (20 Hz – 20,000 Hz), and offers a more versatile and lighter-weight/lower-density replacement for competitive engineered plastics. GLS customers can specify grades for overmolding onto a variety of substrates and choose from a range of hardnesses and custom colors. These materials also offer excellent UV protection and can meet UL specifications. MCHENRY, IL – August 02, 2007 – GLS Corp., a global leader in the development, manufacture, and supply of custom-formulated thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), will introduce a new technology suite of blow molding TPEs at Kunststoffe 2007 (K’ 2007), to be held Oct. 24 - 31 in Düsseldorf, Germany. The company will also be showcasing its newest TPE technology breakthroughs, including new high-performance materials with vibration- and sound-damping properties for applications such as power tools and electronics to minimize motor noise, vibration transmission, or shock when dropped.

CHEMTURA URETHANE PRICE INCREASES FOR EUROPE, AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST

ChemturaEffective September 1, 2007, or as contracts permit, Chemtura Europe will increase selling prices of most urethane prepolymers and curatives by €0.20/kg in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. These changes are directly related to continuously escalating costs for raw materials, energy and transportation.

PLUS D’ETIQUETTES PAR BOBINE GRACE A DES FILMS D’ETIQUETTES FASSON PLUS MINCES

Avery Dennison a lancé deux nouveaux produits dans gamme de films d’étiquettes autoadhésifs co-extrudés: Fasson FasClear Plus et Primax Plus.Leiden, Pays-Bas - Avery Dennison a lancé deux nouveaux produits dans sa gamme de films d’étiquettes autoadhésifs co-extrudés : Fasson FasClear Plus et Primax Plus. Ces deux nouveaux produits proposent des avantages que leurs prédecesseurs ne permettaient pas Fasson FasClear Plus et Primax Plus apportent de la valeur ajoutée en transformation, en distribution et en performance d’emballage. Les transformateurs d’étiquettes de petite largeur et leurs clients peuvent dorénavant bénéficier des économies de coûts qu’entraînent des bobines plus longues pour ces nouveaux produits: plus d’étiquettes par bobine d’impression, diminution du temps d’arrêt des presses pour les changements de bobine, et réduction des changements de bobine sur la ligne d’étiquetage.

QUADRANT EPP’S TIVAR® DRYSLIDE CHUTE CLADDING GETS DHL OUT OF A STICKY PROBLEM

Quadrant’s TIVAR® DrySlide chute cladding has delivered immediate improvements in package flow for DHL hubs in the USA and Europe, has no drop-off in performance over time and requires no maintenance.Tielt, Belgium – August, 2007 – Cladding in low-friction ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene has solved movement problems on package transport chutes at international express courier company DHL’s sorting centers in the USA and in Europe. TIVAR® DrySlide PE-UHMW is produced by Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products (Quadrant EPP), which also took care of retrofitting many of the chutes.