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Rockwood Press Release
Dr. Ron Felber, Chemetall Surface Treatment Executive, to Address
The Return of Manufacturing to American Soil as Keynote Speaker
at the National Coil Coating Association Annual Meeting
Princeton, NJ USA (April 13, 2010) – Dr. Ron Felber, president of the Nafta Region of Chemetall Surface Treatment, a unit of Rockwood Holdings Inc. (NYSE:ROC), will present the keynote address, “The Return of Manufacturing to American Soil,” at the National Coil Coating Association’s annual meeting on Tuesday, April 20.
The one-hour presentation makes the case that America needs a vibrant manufacturing base in order to maintain its social and economic dynamism, as well as national security. In the presentation, Dr. Felber discusses the conventional wisdom of “free” trade versus “fair” trade, especially as it relates to fast-growing manufacturing powers offshore. He offers an Industrial Bill of Rights for U.S. manufacturers to level the playing field and discusses how a focus on fair trade policies by Congress and policy makers can lead to job creation and the preservation of the American standard of living.
Dr. Felber has published numerous business articles including “Secrets of the New American Marketplace,” “Industry to the Rescue: America’s WWII Manufacturing Miracle,” and “The Return of Manufacturing to American Soil,” which provide the basis for his speech.
The presentation will be posted on the Rockwood website www.rocksp.com following the event. The National Coil Coating annual meeting will be held April 18-20 at the Renaissance Esmeralda Hotel in Indian Wells, CA. For more information about the meeting, contact NCCA headquarters at 216-241-7333 or visit the website at www.coilcoating.org
Chemetall, a unit of Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ROC), is a global company committed to specialty chemistry with 3,000 employees worldwide. The group's activities focus on products and processes for the chemical treatment of metal surfaces and plastics, as well as selected fields of fine chemistry, including lithium and cesium compounds. For more information, please visit www.chemetall.com.
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. Rockwood 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 2008 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.
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