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"This is a mutually beneficial multi-year agreement. We anticipate the expansion of our synthetic lubricants capacity will be completed by the second quarter of 2007,” stated Paul Raymond, President, Hercules Paper Technologies and Ventures. Mark A. Nehra, Product Manager-Americas, Uniqema remarked, “As an industry leader in the refrigeration lubricants market, this expansion demonstrates Uniqema’s long-term commitment to this market.” ### Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, Hercules Incorporated manufactures and markets chemical specialties globally for making a variety of products for home, office and industrial markets. For more information, visit the Hercules web site at www.herc.com. Uniqema is a global business of ICI offering a unique range of surfactants, functional ingredients and oleochemicals for use in every-day products that improve the quality of life. Worldwide, Uniqema has around 3,000 employees, 14 manufacturing sites and sells products in over 100 countries. Global headquarters for Uniqema is in The Netherlands; Americas headquarters in the US, New Castle, Delaware and Asia Pacific's headquarters is in Klang. A broad technology platform enables the responsible manufacture of high quality products. Uniqema is a provider of effects and solutions for market sectors including health care, personal care, lubricants, crop protection, polymers, polymer additives, oilfield chemicals, textiles and industrial cleaning. Uniqema’s technology platforms include esterification, alkoxylation, oligomerization, phosphation, biotransformation, polymerization, carbohydrate chemistry and silicones. Uniqema’s combination of applications expertise, dedicated market teams and scientific resources has created a powerful business designed to deliver efficient and reliable service around the globe. More information on Uniqema activities can be found at: www.uniqema.com. This news release includes
forward-looking statements, as defined in the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, reflecting
management's current analysis and expectations, based on
what management believes to be reasonable assumptions.
Forward-looking statements may involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the
actual results to differ materially from those projected,
stated or implied, depending on such factors as: ability to
generate cash, changes resulting from ongoing reviews of tax
liabilities, ability to raise capital, ability to refinance,
ability to execute productivity improvements and reduce
costs, ability to execute and integrate acquisitions,
ability to execute divestitures, ability to increase prices,
ability to expand capacity, business climate, business
performance, changes in tax laws or regulations and related
liabilities, changes in tax rates, economic and competitive
uncertainties, higher manufacturing costs, reduced level of
customer orders, failure to obtain anticipated benefits,
changes in strategies, risks in developing new products and
technologies, risks in developing new market opportunities,
environmental and safety regulations and clean-up costs,
foreign exchange rates, asset dispositions, the impact of
changes in the value of pension fund assets and liabilities,
changes in generally accepted accounting principles, adverse
legal and regulatory developments, including increases in
the number or financial exposures of claims, lawsuits,
settlements or judgments, the financial capacity of settling
insurers, the impact of increased accruals and reserves for
such exposures, the outcome of litigation and appeals,
including the inability to obtain judicial review of adverse
litigation results, and adverse changes in economic and
political climates around the world, including terrorist
activities, international hostilities and potential natural
disasters. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the
Company will meet future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. As appropriate, additional factors are contained
in other reports filed by the Company with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. This paragraph is included to
provide safe harbor for forward-looking statements, which
are not generally required to be publicly revised as
circumstances change, and which the Company does not intend
to update.
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