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Rockwood Press Release
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. Announces
Investor Day Webcast and Question Availability
Princeton, NJ USA (October 6, 2008) – Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ROC), a global producer of specialty chemicals and advanced materials, hosts its annual Investor Day today in New York City. The event will be Webcast on the Internet at 1:30 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time.
Those who wish to listen in and participate in the question and answer sessions can do so via www.rocksp.com. Questions to management during the question and answer sessions should be emailed to tmckenna@rocksp.com.
Featured this year will be product displays and demonstrations relating to lithium use in alternative energy, which has become a critical component of new technologies to power automobiles. Through its subsidiary Chemetall, Rockwood is the largest global producer of lithium products, serving diverse applications including batteries, pharmaceuticals, glass ceramics, agrichemicals, liquid crystals and alloys. Of the many growth industrial applications that use lithium products, alternative energy – particularly batteries for hybrid and other new vehicles – is the fastest-growing niche market served by Rockwood.
The formal investor meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m., EDT, with Seifi Ghasemi, chairman and chief executive officer, and Bob Zatta, chief financial officer, reviewing Rockwood’s progress towards the company’s strategic goals and its growth initiatives. The bulk of the presentations that follow will be from Rockwood’s operating executives, including key leaders from the company’s German-based operations.
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 billion. The company 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.
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