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Sections |
| Title | Starting Page | Number of Pages |
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| SPECIALTY PRINTING CONSUMABLES-COMPETITION | 1 | 1 |
| A. PRIMARY PLAYERS | 1 | 1 |
| CENTRAL INK CORPORATION | 1 | 1 |
| Employees: 100 | 1 | 1 |
| Key Executive: | 1 | 1 |
| BUSINESS PROFILE | 1 | 3 |
| COLOR RESOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL LLC | 2 | 1 |
| Employees: 140 | 2 | 1 |
| PRODUCT PORTFOLIO | 2 | 1 |
| Adhesives | 2 | 1 |
| Coatings | 2 | 1 |
| Solvents | 2 | 1 |
| DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, THE | 3 | 1 |
| Employees: | 3 | 1 |
| Key Executives | 3 | 1 |
| BUSINESS OPERATIONS | 4 | 1 |
| Performance Plastics | 4 | 1 |
| Dow Automotive | 4 | 1 |
| Dow Building Solutions | 5 | 1 |
| Dow Epoxy | 5 | 1 |
| Polyurethanes and Polyurethane Systems | 6 | 1 |
| Specialty Plastics and Elastomers | 6 | 1 |
| Technology Licensing and Catalyst | 6 | 1 |
| Performance Chemicals | 7 | 1 |
| Designed Polymers | 7 | 1 |
| Dow Latex and Acrylic Monomers | 7 | 1 |
| Agricultural Sciences | 7 | 1 |
| Dow AgroSciences | 7 | 1 |
| Basic Plastics | 8 | 1 |
| Polyethylene | 8 | 1 |
| Polypropylene | 8 | 1 |
| Polystyrene | 8 | 1 |
| Basic Chemicals | 8 | 1 |
| Core Chemicals | 8 | 1 |
| Ethylene Oxide/Ethylene Glycol | 9 | 1 |
| Hydrocarbons and Energy | 9 | 1 |
| Joint Ventures and Subsidiaries | 9 | 1 |
| Dow Corning Corporation | 9 | 1 |
| EQUATE Petrochemical Co. K.S.C. | 9 | 1 |
| Equipolymers | 9 | 1 |
| MEGlobal | 9 | 1 |
| The Siam Group | 10 | 1 |
| ANGUS Chemical Company | 10 | 1 |
| SALES DATA | 10 | 1 |
| Half Yearly Sales Comparison: 2007 Vs. 2006 (In | 10 | 1 |
| Half Yearly Sales Comparison by Geographic Region (2007 Vs. 2006)-United States, and Europe (In US$ million) | 10 | 1 |
| Region 2007 2006% Change | 10 | 1 |
| Segment 2007 2006% Change | 10 | 1 |
| Year Sales % Change | 11 | 1 |
| Quarter 2006 2005% Change | 11 | 1 |
| Total 49,124 46,307 6.08 | 11 | 1 |
| Annual Sales Comparison by Geographic Region (2006 Vs. 2005)-United States and Europe (In US$ million) | 11 | 1 |
| Region 2006 2005% Change | 11 | 1 |
| Segment 2006 2005% Change | 11 | 1 |
| STRATEGIC CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS | 12 | 1 |
| Year (2007) in Review | 12 | 1 |
| Acquisitions | 12 | 1 |
| Dow Acquires Corn Seed Business of Brazil-Based Agromen Tecnologias... | 12 | 1 |
| Dow Take-Over Wolff Walsrode from Bayer... | 12 | 1 |
| Dow Acquires Hyperlast Systems Business... | 12 | 1 |
| Dow Purchases Zhejiang Omex Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd... | 12 | 1 |
| Dow and Chevron Phillips Chemical to Form Styrenics Joint Venture... | 13 | 1 |
| Partnership | 13 | 1 |
| Dow, Berkeley National Labs and China's Energy Research Institute Enter into Partnership... | 13 | 1 |
| Agreement | 13 | 1 |
| Dow and Shenhua Group Sign Co-operation Agreement... | 13 | 1 |
| New Facilities | 13 | 1 |
| Dow Starts New Facility in Minnesota... | 13 | 1 |
| Dow Starts New Production Facility in Russia... | 14 | 1 |
| Dow Establishes New Specialty Business Unit... | 14 | 1 |
| Product Launch | 14 | 1 |
| Dow Unveils Herbicide Tolerance Traits... | 14 | 1 |
| Year 2006 in Review... | 14 | 1 |
| Acquisitions | 14 | 1 |
| Dow to Acquire Plaquemine Cogeneration Facility... | 14 | 1 |
| Agreement | 15 | 1 |
| Dow Reaches an Agreement with SAP AG... | 15 | 1 |
| Capacity Expansion | 15 | 1 |
| Dow Expands Crop Production... | 15 | 1 |
| New Establishments | 15 | 1 |
| Dow to Establish a New Facility in Asia Pacific... | 15 | 1 |
| Dow Establishes New Dow Center in China... | 15 | 1 |
| Dow Establishes Dow Water Solutions... | 16 | 1 |
| Plant Closure | 16 | 1 |
| Dow Closes Facilities to Strengthen Competitive Position... | 16 | 1 |
| Product Launches | 16 | 1 |
| Dow Launches New IMPAXX (TM) Energy Absorbing Foam... | 16 | 1 |
| Dow Introduces Betaseal (TM) Uni-wipe Glass Bonding System... | 16 | 1 |
| PRODUCT PORTFOLIO | 16 | 1 |
| SUBSIDIARIES | 17 | 3 |
| DUPONT PERFORMANCE COATINGS | 20 | 1 |
| BUSINESS PROFILE | 20 | 1 |
| PRODUCT PORTFOLIO | 20 | 1 |
| DuPont Refinish | 20 | 1 |
| Standox | 20 | 1 |
| Spies Hecker | 21 | 1 |
| Hot Hues | 21 | 1 |
| Nason | 21 | 1 |
| DuPont Industrial Coatings | 21 | 1 |
| DuPont Aviation Finishes | 21 | 1 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL INKS AND COATINGS CORPORATION | 22 | 1 |
| Key Executives | 22 | 2 |
| BUSINESS PROFILE | 22 | 2 |
| FLINT GROUP | 23 | 1 |
| Employees: | 23 | 1 |
| BUSINESS OPERATIONS | 24 | 1 |
| Printing Plates | 24 | 1 |
| Printing Ink | 24 | 1 |
| XSYS Print Solutions | 24 | 1 |
| Pigments | 24 | 1 |
| SALES DATA | 24 | 1 |
| Year Sales % Change | 24 | 1 |
| STRATEGIC CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS | 25 | 1 |
| Flint Acquires Day International... | 25 | 1 |
| Capacity Expansion | 25 | 1 |
| Flint Expands Heatset Printing Inks Production... | 25 | 1 |
| Flint Introduces Novavit (R) F918 Supreme Bio... | 25 | 1 |
| Flint Unveils Arrowstar (R)... | 25 | 1 |
| Flint Introduces New Water Based Building Block Ink Technology... | 25 | 1 |
| Other Development | 26 | 1 |
| Year 2006 in Review | 26 | 1 |
| Flint Enters into a Distribution Agreement with Connell Bros. Company Ltd... | 26 | 1 |
| New Facilities | 26 | 1 |
| Flint Establishes New Flexo Plates Production Plant in Germany... | 26 | 1 |
| Divestiture | 26 | 1 |
| Flint to Sell Jetrion LLC to Electronics for Imaging... | 26 | 1 |
| Product Launches | 27 | 1 |
| Flint Launches Hydrokett PRIME... | 27 | 1 |
| Flint Unveils K&E (R) Premium Sheetfed Inks... | 27 | 1 |
| Flint Introduces Jetrion 3025 UV Inkjet System... | 27 | 1 |
| Flint Introduces New Products... | 27 | 1 |
| Flint Introduces New Printing Plates... | 27 | 1 |
| Flint Releases Brand New UV Screen Ink... | 28 | 1 |
| PRODUCT PORTFOLIO | 28 | 1 |
| SUBSIDIARIES | 28 | 1 |
| FLINT GROUP'S SUBSIDIARY | 29 | 3 |
| FUJIFILM SERICOL USA, INC. | 32 | 1 |
| BUSINESS PROFILE | 32 | 1 |
| STRATEGIC CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS | 32 | 1 |
| Product Launches | 32 | 1 |
| Fujifilm Sericol Introduces New Dirasol Zenith Triple-Cure Emulsion Technology | 32 | 1 |
| Fujifilm Sericol Unveils SeriBlade SB High Performance Squeegee Technology | 32 | 1 |
| Fujifilm Sericol Launches a New Xtend GreenLine "One-Step" Product Combination | 32 | 1 |
| PRODUCT ANALYSIS | 33 | 1 |
| Automark APL | 33 | 1 |
| Automark MPL | 33 | 1 |
| Automark UIP | 33 | 1 |
| Poxi Dry PD | 33 | 1 |
| Sericard SWA | 33 | 1 |
| Techmark MTS | 33 | 1 |
| Techmark TM | 34 | 1 |
| HOSTMANN-STEINBERG, INC. | 34 | 1 |
| BUSINESS PROFILE | 34 | 3 |
| STRATEGIC CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS | 34 | 1 |
| Year 2006 in Review... | 34 | 1 |
| Hostmann-Steinberg Unveils Flexographic Inks | 34 | 1 |
| Hostmann-Steinberg Launches !nkredible | 34 | 1 |
| INK SYSTEMS, INC. | 35 | 1 |
| INX INTERNATIONAL INK COMPANY | 36 | 1 |
| Key Executives | 36 | 1 |
| STRATEGIC CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS | 36 | 1 |
| Year (2007) in Review... | 36 | 1 |
| Acquisitions | 36 | 1 |
| INX Acquires Innovative Solutions, Inc. | 36 | 1 |
| INX Launches Retortable, Low VOC and UV Inks... | 37 | 1 |
| Proposed Product Launch | 37 | 1 |
| INX to Launch BlueStreak (TM) UV... | 37 | 1 |
| Year 2006 in Review... | 37 | 1 |
| Acquisition | 37 | 1 |
| INX to Purchase Majority Share of Triangle Digital | 37 | 1 |
| INX Signs a Partnership Agreement with La Crosse Litho Supply... | 37 | 1 |
| NAZDAR | 38 | 1 |
| Key Executives | 38 | 1 |
| BUSINESS PROFILE | 38 | 1 |
| STRATEGIC CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS | 38 | 1 |
| Year (2007) in Review | 38 | 1 |
| Product Launches | 38 | 2 |
| Nazdar Launches UV Curable Digital Inkjet Inks | 38 | 1 |
| Nazdar Launches Low Odor Inkjet Inks | 39 | 1 |
| Year 2006 in Review | 39 | 1 |
| Acquisition | 39 | 1 |
| Nazdar Acquires Lyson Ltd | 39 | 1 |
| PRODUCT PORTFOLIO | 39 | 1 |
| Screen Printing Products | 39 | 1 |
| Lyson Digital Printing Inks | 40 | 1 |
| Other Products | 40 | 1 |
| SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | 41 | 1 |
| Employees: | 41 | 1 |
| Key Executives | 41 | 1 |
| BUSINESS PROFILE | 41 | 1 |
| DIVISIONAL ANALYSIS | 42 | 1 |
| Color Group | 42 | 1 |
| Flavors and Fragrances Group | 42 | 1 |
| Asia Pacific Group | 42 | 1 |
| SALES DATA | 43 | 1 |
| Year Sales % Change | 43 | 1 |
| Half Yearly Sales Comparison by Quarter: 2007 Vs. 2006 | 43 | 1 |
| Quarters 2007 2006% Change | 43 | 1 |
| Total 589.58 545.14 8.15 | 43 | 1 |
| Total 1,098.77 1,023.93 7.31 | 44 | 1 |
| Annual Sales Comparison by Geographic Region (2006 Vs. 2005)-North America, Europe and Asia Pacific (In US$ million) | 44 | 1 |
| Region 2006 2005% Change | 44 | 1 |
| Annual Sales Comparison by Business Segment (2006 Vs. 2005)-Flavors and Fragrances, Color, and Corporate and Other (In US$ mi | 44 | 1 |
| Segment 2006 2005% Change | 44 | 1 |
| PRODUCT/SERVICE ANALYSIS | 44 | 1 |
| Pharmaceuticals | 45 | 1 |
| Cosmetics | 45 | 1 |
| Personal and Home Care | 45 | 1 |
| Compounded Fragrances | 45 | 1 |
| Essential Oils | 45 | 1 |
| Aroma Chemicals | 45 | 1 |
| Inkjet and Specialty Inks | 46 | 1 |
| Display Imaging Solutions | 46 | 1 |
| Industrial Colors | 46 | 1 |
| SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION | 47 | 1 |
| BUSINESS PROFILE | 47 | 1 |
| DIVISIONAL ANALYSIS | 47 | 1 |
| Kohl & Madden | 47 | 1 |
| US Ink Corporation | 48 | 1 |
| Vivitek | 48 | 1 |
| Coates | 48 | 1 |
| Coates Circuit Products | 48 | 1 |
| Sun Chemical Performance Pigments | 48 | 1 |
| Coates Toner & Inkjet | 48 | 1 |
| Rycoline | 48 | 1 |
| STRATEGIC CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS | 49 | 1 |
| Year (2007) in Review... | 49 | 1 |
| New Establishment | 49 | 1 |
| Sun Chemical Establishes European Consumables Group... | 49 | 1 |
| Product Launch | 49 | 1 |
| Sun Chemical Launches Metallic Inks... | 49 | 1 |
| Acquisition | 49 | 1 |
| Sun Chemical Enters into a Marketing Agreement with NAMSA... | 50 | 1 |
| Sun Chemical Reaches Licensing Agreement for MetalFX (R) Inks... | 50 | 1 |
| Divestiture | 50 | 1 |
| Sun Chemicals Sells Sun Graphic (R) Business to Day International... | 50 | 1 |
| Product Launches | 50 | 1 |
| Sun Chemical Launches Tactile... | 50 | 1 |
| Sun Chemical Introduces PerSona (TM) Inks... | 50 | 1 |
| Sun Chemical Introduces Triton (TM) Inks... | 51 | 1 |
| Sun Chemical Rolls Out Polar Advantage (TM)... | 51 | 1 |
| Sun Chemical Introduces EXPRESS (TM) Process Inks... | 51 | 1 |
| Sun Chemical Unveils EXACT PSO (TM) Inks Set... | 51 | 1 |
| Sun Chemical Launches WetFlex (TM)... | 51 | 1 |
| Sun Chemical Launches SunFlo Dispersants... | 51 | 1 |
| Sun Chemical Launches SunSHINE (R) Crystal... | 51 | 1 |
| PRODUCT PORTFOLIO | 52 | 1 |
| Packaging Products | 52 | 1 |
| Publication Products | 52 | 1 |
| Commercial and Industrial Inks | 52 | 1 |
