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Rockwood Press Release
Joris Merckx to head Surface Treatment Business of ChemetallFrankfurt Main (October 22, 2007) – Joris Merckx has been appointed to the board of Chemetall GmbH and managing director of Chemetall’s global surface treatment business. Chemetall, a unit of Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ROC), is a worldwide supplier of technological solutions for the treatment of metal surfaces and innovative, metal-based fine chemicals. Merckx, 43, has over 20 years experience in technical sales, account management and business unit management. He was most recently head of worldwide business strategy for a major packaging adhesives business. He holds a masters degree from the University Louvain (Belgium). His appointment is effective October 1 and he reports to Monika Engel-Bader, president of Chemetall. “Chemetall has grown continuously in recent years and consistently extended its international market position", commented Joris Merckx, Managing Director Surface Treatment at Chemetall. "In my new position, I would like to continue on this success road and actively promote the growth course. Our strategy to achieve this is based on three pillars: first, we want to cooperate even closer with our partners to improve existing processes. Second, we also want to extend our position as a preferred global supplier through continuous innovations. Third, we target to render our environmentally sound technologies even more efficient for all industries. This way, we want to achieve our goal of growing stronger than the market."
Chemetall GmbH with its registered office in Frankfurt am Main is the center of a worldwide network of some 40 subsidiaries and affiliates in Europe, North and South America, Asia, Australia and Africa. The activities of Chemetall focus on products and processes for the chemical treatment of metal surfaces and plastics, as well as on selected fine chemicals, such as lithium and cesium compounds. Since 1 August 2004, Chemetall has been a unit Rockwood Holdings, Inc. Rockwood Holdings, Inc. is a leading global specialty chemicals and advanced materials company. Rockwood has a worldwide employee base of approximately 9,500 people and annual net sales of approximately $3.0 billion. The company focuses on global niche segments of the specialty chemicals, pigments and additives and advanced materials markets. For more information on Rockwood, please visit www.rocksp.com. The information set forth in this press release contains certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 concerning the business, operations and financial condition of Rockwood Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates ("Rockwood"). Words such as "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "forecasts," "predicts" and variations of such words or expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Although Rockwood believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, there can be no assurance that its expectations will be realized. "Forward-looking statements" consist of all non-historical information, including any statements referring to the prospects and future performance of Rockwood. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in Rockwood's forward-looking statements due to numerous known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including, among other things, the "Risk Factors" described in Rockwood's 2006 Form 10-K on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Rockwood does not undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which any such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. |
