A Company Overview

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• A Company Overview

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Company Overview

• Founded in 1919, Ferro is a leading worldwide
  producer of performance materials and specialty
  chemicals
• Our customers represent more than 30 industries
  and span 100-plus countries
• Manufacturing facilities across the globe The
  Americas Europe Asia/Pacific
• More than 6,300 employees work at sites in 20
  countries

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The Value We Provide to Our Customers

• Innovation
• Quality
• Global reach
• Tailored product solutions
• Environmentally friendly products
• Outstanding technical support for product design
  manufacturing

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Innovation is a Ferro Hallmark

• Market-driven research through customer intimacy
• Excellence in all our core technologies
• Particle Engineering
• Color and Glass Science
• Surface Chemistry Surface Application
• Formulation
• Environmentally friendly materials alternatives
• Joint development activities and technical
  support
• Continuous improvement

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Our Business Tenets Win from Within

• Focus on creating value for our customersalways
• Act ethically and with integrity
• Make decisions with velocity and accountability
• Continuously pursue operational excellence

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Our Product Lines
2.2 Billion in Sales in 2007

• INORGANIC SPECIALTIES
• Tile Coating Systems
• Porcelain Enamel
• Glass Systems
• Performance Pigments Colors

• ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
• Surface Technologies Multilayer Materials
• Advanced Products

• ORGANIC SPECIALTIES
• Polymer Specialty Materials
• Pharmaceuticals Fine Chemicals

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Inorganic Specialties

• Tile Coating Systems
• Porcelain Enamel
• Glass Systems
• Performance Pigments Color

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Tile Coating Systems Superior Decorating
Products

• Ferro is the worlds leading manufacturer of tile
  coating materials.
• Our frits, glazes, colors and raw material blends
  are used by tile manufacturers worldwide to make
  decorative coatings.

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Tile Coating Systems -Competitive Differentiators

• Design trend advisors to enhance customers
  product development planning
• Superior technical support to guide optimal
  product use
• Quality consistency
• Global manufacturing and technical
  presence

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Porcelain Enamel Ferros Original Business

• We are the worlds leading manufacturer of
  porcelain enamel for appliance, construction,
  cookware, water heater, building panel and
  general industrial markets.

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Porcelain Enamel -Global Leadership

• An 89-year history rooted in
• Superior product quality
• Service and technical innovation
• Patented new product offerings
• Electrostatic application
• Metallic-look porcelain alternatives
• RealEase and AquaRealEase non-stick,
  environmentally friendly porcelain coatings
• Global infrastructure

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Glass Systems Automotive Excellence

• Ferros enamel pastes protect window adhesives
  from sunlight deterioration
• Conductive pastes connect window heating grids to
  power source

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Glass Systems Flat Glass Product Breadth

• Our enamels and color concentrates address design
  and functionality challenges
• Architectural glass
• Appliance glass
• Furniture glass

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Glass Systems Container Products

• Global leader in supplying decorating products
  for glass containers
• Forehearth colors for small batches
• Organic coatings and inks
• Precious metals for specialty glass pieces

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Glass Systems Always Innovating

• Durable, lead-free enamels for multi-trip,
  reusable beverage bottles
• Lead and cadmium-free laser marking materials
• Military, aeronautic, sanitary product
  applications
• Imitation acid etch coatings and inks for
  spirits, wine bottles

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Performance Pigments Colors Pigment Systems

• The leading supplier of complex inorganic
  pigments
• Most durable pigments for all applications in
  the paint and plastic
• market
• Heat/infrared reflective pigments for coatings
  save energy costs
• Light-, weather- and chemical-stable pigments
  with highest heat
• stability for exteriors, transportation,
  packaging, equipment
• Ultrafine pigments
• Service and technical innovation

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Performance Pigments Colors Pigment Systems

• Ferro inorganic and organic decorating colors,
  precious metal preparations, organic media,
  stains and glaze systems offer intense colors,
  easy handling and dispersion low or
  toxic-metal-free solutions.

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Performance Pigments Colors Product
Innovations

• Pigments with optimized properties for plastics
  and coatings
• Pigments and specialty glasses optimized for
  functional applications
• Organic inks for indirect screen-printing
  applications
• Lead- and calcium-free roof tile
  glazes
• Lead-free dinnerware products

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Performance Pigments Colors Industrial
Specialties

• Frits, glazes, special glasses and pigments for
  roof tile and sanitary ware producers and for
  industrial ceramic markets

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Electronic Materials

• Surface Technologies Multilayer Materials
• Advanced Products

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EMS A Fast-growing Business

• Leading supplier of materials and applications
  technology to the electronics and related
  technology industries
• Applied technology labs fabrication and test
  capability for customers worldwide
• Strong RD leading to product innovation
• Expanding Asia/Pacific presence

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Surface Technologies Multilayer Materials
Precision Polishing and Component Performance

• Abrasive compounds and fine abrasive particles
  formulated into slurries for precision polishing
• Semiconductor wafers, optical lenses, display
  panels
• Automotive surface finishing
• Multilayer, capacitor materials (dielectrics,
  conductive pastes and organic binders) used in an
  array of electronic devices
• Cell phones, PDAs, computers, military radar
  systems, in-line water heaters

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Advanced Products Innovation for Leading-edge
Electronics

• Ferro Electronic Materials are used in
  fabrication of advanced electronic packages,
  solar cells, electronic shielding and other
  leading-edge electronics applications
• Pastes and new green materials for solar cells
• Metal products used in electrical conductive
  applications
• Glass powders for sealing and insulating
  applications
• Microcircuit packaging, including ceramic tape,
  metal core substrate materials and thick film
  pastes for hybrid circuits, surge arrestors,
  ceramic packaging, heater and display applications

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Organic Specialties

• Polymer Specialty Materials
• Pharmaceuticals Fine Chemicals

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Excellence in Polymer Science

• Ferro manufactures and markets lubricants,
  polymer modifiers and stabilizers materials
  that enhance the properties of plastics or make
  them easier to process.

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Additives Markets Applications

• Applications in an array of markets
• Flexible PVC
• Flooring
• Olefin
• Caulks sealants
• Flame retardants
• Adhesives
• Automotive
• Consumer goods
• Building renovation

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Polymer Colorants

• Liquid colorants and color dispersions compatible
  with all plastics
• Gelcoats and epoxy repair systems for boats,
  swimming pools, truck bodies, utility and
  maintenance equipment

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Advanced Polymer Alloys

• Broad selection of elastomeric materials
• Products are supported byskilled technical staff

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Engineered Plastic Products

• Customized filled and reinforced engineered
  thermoplastic compounds and polyolefin alloys
• Our materials used in manufacture of housewares
  appliances lawn and garden equipment and food,
  medicine and liquid handling equipment

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Pharmaceuticals Ferro Pfanstiehl Laboratories

• Technology solutions to pharma/biopharm
  innovators requiring highly potent substances,
  high-purity ingredients, and advanced drug
  delivery systems.

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Ferro Pfanstiehl Laboratories Specialized
Pharma/Biopharm Services

• High-purity, Low-endotoxin Carbohydrates
• Used for injectable applications, including
  vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, immunotoxins,
  hormones
• High-potency Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient
  development services and manufacturing
• Focus on fast-track, specialized drugs for life
  threatening illnesses
• Proprietary particle engineering technologies

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Fine Chemicals Specialty Solvents Quality Leader

• Ferro develops and manufactures the highest
  quality specialty solvents
• Electrolytes for primary and secondary Lithium
  batteries and ultracapacitors
• Global scope, worlds largest capacity
• Environmentally friendly products

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Fine Chemicals High-performancePhosphines and
Phosphates

• Unique slate of chemicals marketed to polymer,
  fine chemical and electronics markets
• Used in production of nylons applied in
  carpeting, digital cameras, airbags seatbelts,
  medical devices, pressure monitoring and military
  equipment

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