Alloy Polymers Launches Partnership with Rhodia
Venture Reflects Continued Growth in Business Model

May 22, 2009

Alloy Polymers, Inc. today announced a partnership with Rhodia to provide compounding and related support services in North America. The partnership provides for Alloy Polymers to be Rhodia’s exclusive compounder for its nylon 6 and nylon 6.6 Technyl® brand products. Separately, Rhodia announced the closure of its North American compounding operations based in Mississauga, Canada.

In announcing the Rhodia partnership, Mr. Charles Chiappone, President and Chief Executive Officer commented “We are pleased to have Rhodia join our family of customers taking advantage of our successful business model. The Rhodia partnership is another example of the advantages we offer companies which enable them to improve their operational flexibility and efficiency by leveraging our broad geographic footprint and diverse compounding capabilities,” continued Chiappone.

"Our selection of Alloy Polymers for our North American compounding was based upon their strong commitment to operation excellence,” stated Ms. Lucy Simek, Vice President Polyamide North America. “Alloy Polymer’s operating philosophy of being a focused service company and not selling products in competition with their customers was also an important consideration in our decision.”

Rhodia is an international chemical company resolutely committed to sustainable development. As a leader in its businesses, the Group aims to improve its customers’ performance through the pursuit of operational excellence and its ability to innovate. Structured around six Enterprises, Rhodia is the partner of major players in the automotive, refining, electronics, flavors and fragrances, health, personal and home care markets, consumer goods and industrial markets. The Group employs around 14,500 people worldwide and generated sales of €4.8 billion in 2008. Rhodia is listed on Euronext Paris.

For more information: www.rhodia.com

Alloy Polymers is a leading U.S. independent plastics compounder headquartered in Richmond VA. The company, which does not market any of its own proprietary products, has four facilities in Texas, Ohio and Virginia with total capacity in excess of 600 million pounds. Its services support a wide variety of customers in the plastics industry. Its application expertise spans a broad spectrum of applications including fiber grade, food grade, TPO compounds for automotive, medical device compounds and carbon black, nigrosine and electrical compounds.

For more information: www.alloypolymers.com

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