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Rockwood News Archives - 2005

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December 2005

Southern Clay Products Announces North American Price Increase
Effective January 1, 2006 or as contracts allow, Southern Clay Products, Inc will increase prices of its Permont® additives for water-based paint and coatings systems by an average of six percent within the NAFTA region.
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Southern Clay Products Announces North American Price Increase
Effective January 1, 2006 or as contracts allow, Southern Clay Products, Inc will increase prices of its bentonite additives, including those sold under the brand names Gelwhite®, Mineral Colloid® and Bentolite®, by five to 10 percent within the NAFTA region. Southern Clay Products' innovative smectite-based products provide solutions for consumer care applications.
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Southern Clay Products Announces North American Price Increase
Effective January 1, 2006 or as contracts allow, Southern Clay Products, Inc will increase prices of its bentonite additives, including those sold under the brand names Gelwhite®, Mineral Colloid® and Bentolite®, by five to 10 percent within the NAFTA region. Southern Clay Products' innovative smectite-based products provide solutions for the industrial refractory market.
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November 2005

Rockwood Chairman & CEO, Seifi Ghasemi, Rings The Opening Bell™ at the NYSE
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. Chairman and CEO, Seifi Ghasemi, celebrated the company's recent initial public offering by ringing The Opening Bell™ at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on November 22, 2005.
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Rockwood Reports Strong Third-Quarter 2005 Results; Net Sales and Adjusted EBITDA Up Over Prior Year
Rockwood Holdings, Inc., a global producer of specialty chemicals and advanced materials, today announced third quarter 2005 results.
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Rockwood Holdings, Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2005 Live Press Conference, Conference Call and Webcast
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. announced it will host a live press conference, conference call and webcast to discuss its third quarter and year-to-date results of operations for the period ended September 30, 2005.
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Rockwood Holdings, Inc. Completes Filing of 10-Q for Third Quarter 2005
Copies of the form may be found on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission site.
U.S. SEC site

Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc. Completes Filing of 10-Q for Third Quarter 2005
Copies of the form may be found on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission site.
U.S. SEC site

Sheldon Erikson, Chairman, President and CEO of Cooper Cameron Corp., Joins Rockwood's Board
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. has appointed Sheldon R. Erikson to its board of directors and the board's audit committee, effective November 10, 2005.
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October 2005

Rockwood Holdings, Inc. Agrees to Acquire Süd-Chemie’s
Rheological Additives and Carbonless Developers Businesses

Rockwood Holdings, Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire the rheological additives and carbonless developers businesses of Süd-Chemie AG, Munich, Germany.
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Rockwood Pigments NA, Inc. Announces Price Increases for Color Pigments
Rockwood Pigments NA, Inc. has announced plans to raise prices for its iron oxide and other color pigments an average of 10 percent, effective November 1, 2005, and to pass-on freight surcharges imposed by domestic carriers.
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September 2005

Rockwood Holdings' Texas Facilities Undamaged by Hurricane Rita
Rockwood Holdings, Inc., which operates two manufacturing facilities in Texas, announced today that both plants are fully operational and have not sustained any damage as a result of Hurricane Rita.
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Rockwood Holdings, Inc. Completes Filing of 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2005
Copies of the form may be found on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission site.
U.S. SEC site

Rockwood Holdings Undamaged by Hurricane Katrina
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. announced today that all of its manufacturing facilities in the U.S. are fully operational and have not sustained any damage as a result of last week's Hurricane Katrina.
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Rockwood Holdings Pledges Support to Katrina Fund
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast region on August 29, Rockwood Holdings, Inc. has pledged financial support to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund.
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August 2005

Rockwood Holdings, Inc. Prices IPO at $20 Per Share
Rockwood Holdings’ IPO of 20,408,163 shares of common stock has been priced at $20.00 per share. The shares are trading on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “ROC.”
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Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc. Completes Filing of 10-Q for Second Quarter 2005
Copies of the form may be found on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission site.
U.S. SEC site

July 2005

Douglas Maine, former CFO of IBM, joins Rockwood's Board
Rockwood has appointed Douglas Maine, former chief financial officer of International Business Machines Corporation, to its board of directors, effective August 1, 2005. He also will chair the Audit Committee of the Board.
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May 2005

Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc. Completes Filing of 10-Q for First Quarter 2005
Copies of the form may be found on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission site.
U.S. SEC site

Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc. Completes Filing of Form 10-K
Copies of the form may be found on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission site.
U.S. SEC site

 


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