Alco Chemical.

HEADQUARTERS:
909 Mueller Drive/PO Box 5401, Chattanooga, TN 37406
Tel: [phone] * Fax: [phone]
Internet/Website: www.alcochemical.com

FOUNDED: 1927

KEY PERSONNEL:
Kevin Beairsto, North American Marketing Manager -- Detergents
& Textiles
Win Cooke, Divisional Vice President, Industrial Specialties
Klein Rodrigues -- Research Associate -- Detergents & Textiles
Paula Kilgore -- Corporate sales contact - Detergents
Chet Kawa, Business Director-International

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:

A global leader in advanced polymer chemistry and a pioneer in the use of polymers in the detergent industry, Alco Chemical is a major supplier of innovative specialty products to the household, industrial and institutional markets. Alco works closely with the manufacturers of detergents and cleaning products to create polymers that improve both processing and end-use performance.

Employing a wide variety of chemical processes and a broad array of monomeric chemical building blocks Alco Chemical designs and manufactures both high and low molecular weight products that function as active ingredients in detergent and cleaning applications. Some of which include: Laundry detergents -- in liquid, powder, tablet, & capsule form, Fabric Softeners, Fabric Enhancers, Dishwashing detergents -- powders, gels, & tablets, Hard surface cleaners, Industrial cleaners, Institutional detergents, Food & Beverage.

TECHNOLOGIES, PATENTS, NEW PRODUCTS:

* NEW - Alcosperse[R] 747 - Multi-functional polymer for liquid, tablet, and capsule laundry systems

* NEW - Patented sulfonated polymers to improve spotting & filming in dishwashing application

* Dye transfer inhibitors

* NEW - Wrinkle release / Crease Resistant polymers

* Hypochlorite, Peroxide, and Acid-stable Thickeners

MAJOR MARKETS:

* Household detergent and cleaning

* Industrial & Institutional cleaning

* Textile

* Water Treatment

MAJOR PRODUCTS:

* ALCOGUARD[TM] polymers are an exciting new line of patented chemistries formulated to provide a variety of functional benefits to the detergent, textile, and cleaning industries. These products, comprised of a diverse line of chemistries, improve the cleaning, hand, and finish of fabrics (laundry, carpet, upholstery, etc.). The Alcoguard polymers provide dye transfer inhibition properties, crease resistance and anti-wrinkle benefits, and improved stain removal. They also function as excellent film formers providing enhanced cleaning of hard surfaces and removal of difficult soils and stains.

* ALCOSPERSE[R] polymers are active ingredients in both liquid and powdered dishwashing and laundry detergents, as well as hard surface cleaners. They act as cobuilders - helping detergents work more effectively by removing hardness ions from the wash water. Alcosperse polymers make clothes whiter & brighter by reducing salt encrustation and preventing redeposition of both particulate and hydrophobic soils.

* The VERSA-TL[R] line of sulfonated styrene chemistries provide anti-static, film-forming and thermal stability characteristics in household, institutional, and industrial cleaning products.

* ALCOGUM[R] rheology modifiers thicken, stabilize and change flow properties of aqueous products over a broad pH range. In cleaning formulas, they increase contact time to the surface, allowing for more effective and efficient cleaning.

GLOBAL CAPABILITIES:

Production and R&D facilities in North America and in multiple locations around the globe including; Europe, South America, Japan, South Africa, and South East Asia. Production in mainland China will begin in early 2002.

International Contact: Chet Kawa Tel: [phone] * Tel: [phone] (Global)

North America Contact: Ms. Paula Kilgore Tel: [phone] * Fax: [phone]

www.alcochemical.com