Hercules Completes Integration of Pinova Adhesive Resins Into Aqualon

January 26, 2007...Hercules Incorporated today announced that it has completed the integration of its Pinova product line (formerly Hercules Resins) into its Aqualon business unit. Pinova’s wood rosin and polyterpene-based tackifiers for the adhesives markets will continue to be manufactured in the Brunswick, Georgia facility. Aqualon’s global reach and complimentary technologies will help ensure continued success for these products and innovative solutions for adhesives customers. The combined business will operate under the Aqualon name.

“For years, the Aqualon and Pinova businesses have been very successful in innovating for their customers, consistently bringing new functional technologies to the industries they serve. Pinova’s line of wood rosin derivatives and polyterpenes for tackification, combined with Aqualon’s excellence in cellulose gums and derivatives means that we can bring a more complete package to the adhesives market,” said Dan Keidel, Business and Market Manager for Pinova and the new adhesives group within Aqualon. “A complete package and market-based approach allow us to focus on our customers’ applications, not just our products. Technology and strategic innovation will be the key focus for the adhesives group”.

The new adhesives group will serve customers from the nine major manufacturing locations in Asia, Europe, and North America.

Aqualon is the most diverse cellulose ether manufacturer globally and serves the food, personal care, pharmaceutical, energy, adhesives, and coatings markets.