ANGUS CHEMICAL COMPANY A Subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company

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ANGUS Chemical Company – A Strong History

Reliable, steady growth and innovation for more than 70 years – 1934 First nitroparaffin patent granted – 1936 Commercial Solvents Corporation – 1975 IMC Chemical Group – 1982 ANGUS Chemical Company (

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tates) – 1999 ANGUS purchased by The Dow Chemical Company – 2009 Rohm and Haas purchased by The Dow Chemical Company, adding PRIMENE™ amines to the ANGUS portfolio

ANGUS Today

• World’s only company dedicated to nitroalkanes and their derivatives • Unique specialty products for diverse markets • Subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company • Headquartered in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, USA • Access to resources of a $45 billion dollar chemical company

ANGUS Today

Manufacturing facilities in • Sterlington, Louisiana, USA • Ibbenbüren, Germany • Buffers and Biochemicals in Niagara Falls, New York, USA • ANGUS is a premier solution provider growing with you in key geographies • State-of-the-art laboratories, local sales and technical experts at Customer Application Centers around the world

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Power and Diversity of ANGUS Nitroalkane and Derivative Chemistry Nitroalkane chemistry

– Complex molecules – Reduces reaction steps – Optimizes synthesis costs – Performs useful transformations • ANGUS can produce literally thousands of nitroalkane derivatives to create potential solutions for customers.

• Nitroalkanes and derivatives are used as precursors to the creation of highly-substituted alkanes and alkenes, amines, carboxylic acids, aldehydes, ketones, complex heterocyclic structures and more.

Power and Diversity of ANGUS Nitroalkane and Derivative Chemistry

• ANGUS produces four basic nitroalkanes and derivatives –

Nitromethane

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Nitroethane 1-nitropropane 2-nitropropane Derivatives

(nitro alcohols, amino alcohols, oxazolines, oxazolidines and hydroxylamines) • General Benefits Achieved – Neutralization (acidic ingredients, impurities) – Alkaline pH development – pH buffering – Dispersancy – Moisture scavenging – Formaldehyde scavenging – Wetting and moisture displacement – Emulsification (oil/water; water/oil) – Corrosion inhibition

Leather

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ZOLDINE™

Synthetic Tanning and Cross-linking Agents improve properties of finished leather • Performance-enhancing – Oxazolidine-based, fast-reacting – Cross-linking agents for collagen and casein – Vegetable tanning materials (condensed tannins)

Leather

ZOLDINE™

Synthetic Tanning and Cross-linking Agents – Improve processing and finished products when used in combination with chromium sulfate, aluminum sulfate, vegetable extracts and phenolic syntans – Versatile use in production processes: • Pre-tanning • Tanning • Re-tanning – Excellent for chrome and chrome-free (metal and non-metal) wet white tannages

Life Science Utilities

• ANGUS products used in a wide variety of pharmaceutical, ophthalmic and other life science applications • ANGUS helps to reduce raw material and supply chain costs by providing: – Biological buffers – Biochemicals – Diverse sourcing capabilities

Life Science Utilities

ANGUS is the inventor and leading manufacturer of

TRIS AMINO™ Tromethamine

products – Only back-integrated manufacturer compliant with cGMP – Serves as a synthesis or analytical buffer, neutralizer, solubilizer and stabilizer

Metalworking

• ANGUS produces unique problem-solving specialty additives that allow for the formulation of superior fluids: – –

CORRGUARD ™ Amino Alcohols ALKATERGE™ Surface Active Agents

(oxazoline-based – – – chemistries work as emulsion stabilizers and corrosion inhibitors)

AEPD™ 85

(low-VOC corrosion inhibitor)

DMAMP 80™

(vapor-phase corrosion inhibitor)

PRIMENE

™ amines (control reactivity) • Our portfolio helps achieve desirable properties such as systems in control, longer-life fluids, corrosion resistance and reduced biocide dosing.

Metalworking

ANGUS is an innovator for formulated metalworking fluids –

CORRGUARD ™

portfolio • Increase life of formulated fluids • Work synergistically with biocides • Improve corrosion resistance.

• Provide neutralizing and emulsification properties – Patent-pending

CORRGUARD EXT

• Superior synergy with biocides for longer fluid life; biocide use level reduction • Improves corrosion control of ferrous metals • Increases pH stability • Favorable EH&S profile

Paint and Coatings

• ANGUS helps formulators get the most out of their formulations.

• We are the leader in multifunctional amine technology to the Paint and Coatings market with a range of specialty additives.

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AMP™

is the industry standard for multifunctional amine technology • Effective pH control • Efficient pigment dispersion, resulting in lower dispersant levels • Provides significant benefits to overall performance of the coating

Paint and Coatings

“ Lose the VOCs…Lose the Odor…Keep the Performance” with the new

AEPD™ VOX 1000

Multifunctional Amine • Formulate no (<5g/L) VOC • No odor paints • Same or better performance characteristics as with AMP • Provides all-around performance

Paint and Coatings

Additional specialty additives from ANGUS for paints and coatings –

DMAMP-80

™, a vapor-phase corrosion inhibitor –

ALKATERGE™ Surface Active Agents

, oxazoline based chemistries work as emulsion stabilizers and corrosion inhibitor –

ZOLDINE™ MS-PLUS Moisture Scavenger

, fast-reacting, low-viscosity oxazolidine-based water scavenger

Personal Care

• More than 30 years experience in amino alcohol development –

ULTRA PC amino alcohols

set the quality benchmark as preferred neutralizing agents, providing multiple functionalities.

– ANGUS experts can assist with formulation support.

• ANGUS manufactures the highest purity amino alcohols for personal care and cosmetic products – – –

AMP ULTRA™ PC

Neutralizing Amine

AMPD™ ULTRA PC

Neutralizing Amine

TRIS AMINO™ ULTRA PC

Tromethamine

Personal Care

ULTRA PC products meet global compliance needs – European Cosmetics Directive 76/768/EEC and its latest amendments – The Ministry of Health (MOH) of the People’s Republic of China Hygienic Standards for Cosmetics (2007 version) – The 2008 ASEAN Cosmetics Directive

Synthetic Rubber

CHAINGUARD™ I-15 Polymerization Shortstop can help benefit the synthetic rubber manufacturing process.

– Maintains excellent Mooney viscosity stability – Helps prevent popcorn polymer fouling of equipment – Minimal carry over into the recycled monomer, which helps to avoid problems initiating polymerization of recycled monomers – Contains no secondary amine

Synthetic Rubber

• Efficient, multi-purpose free-radical scavenger and shortstop • Rubber complaint with the German regulation TRGS 552 (which regulates certain volatile N nitrosamines)

Fuels and Lubricants

• Reaction products formed from

PRIMENE™ amines

– Solubility in hydrocarbons – Outstanding thermal and oxidative stability – Controlled reactivity provide • Ideally suited as building blocks for a wide variety of specialty additives – Resulting additives offer un-matched performance – from extreme pressure/anti-wear protection in gear oils to UV stabilization of polyolefin films – Used as components in processing aids used in a variety of applications • Anti-foulants • Corrosion inhibitors • Solvent exchange liquors • Diesel fuel stabilizers

Fuels and Lubricants

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AUTOMATE™

– Used to color to fuels, automotive and industrial lubricants, candles, and writing inks concentrated, liquid solvent dyes – Fluorescent dye used in system fluids to detect leaks in engines, hydraulic systems •

MORTRACE™

and

SPECTRACE™

marking technologies – Quick, accurate petroleum product integrity testing for convenient and effective field surveillance – Supporting governments and major fuel marketers for more than 30 years to develop proprietary, technologically advanced solutions relative to fuel adulteration or lubricant counterfeiting

Basic Nitroalkanes Products

Agricultural

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Pharmaceutical Intermediates

– Leading supplier of

Nitromethane NM™

used to produce a variety of fumigants for agricultural applications, including Chloropicrin – Top supply leader of critical pharmaceutical intermediates • • Used in a variety of pharmaceutical applications, including anti-tuberculosis drugs and X-ray contrast media agents

Nitromethane NM

and

Nitroethane NE™

are used in the basic synthesis of raw materials; Serve as high-quality starting materials for the preparation of pharmaceutical intermediates –

AB™ Amino Alcohol

and

TRIS AMINO™ Tromethamine

Basic Nitroalkanes Products

Solvents and Thinners

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FLEXITANE™ CA 6000 Specialty Coatings Additive NIKANE™ Multifunctional Solvent

products and • Range of chemicals providing formulating performance attributes in specialty applications • Reduce the amount of higher-cost active solvents required • Enhancing product performance

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