DSM NeoResins will implement price increases for their specialty resins in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific.

Effective quarter 4, 2006, DSM NeoResins is raising the selling prices for all specialty resins for the Coatings, Graphic Arts and Adhesives markets:

• NeoCryl® Emulsion- and Solid Acrylics: + 4%
• NeoPac® Urethane-Acrylics: + 5%
• NeoRez® Waterborne Urethanes: + 5%
• NeoRez® Solventborne Urethanes: + 8 to10%
• Haloflex® Vinyl-Acrylics: + 8%
• Other Resins and Additives: + 4%

The ongoing increases in the costs of raw materials, energy and freight costs are so significant that they cannot be offset by internal measures. Should the situation in the global markets for raw materials continue to escalate, DSM NeoResins reserves the right to make further timely adjustments to its selling prices in response to rising costs. All current contractual obligations will be fulfilled.

More news and information about products, applications and services of DSM NeoResins can be found at www.dsmneoresins.com.

We are, and remain, committed to our customers, and continue to invest in new technologies that bring quality products and value to our customers.

DSM NeoResins is widely recognised as a leading global supplier of several innovative polymer technologies, uniquely suited to the needs for the coatings, adhesives and Graphic Arts industries. These, water based and other environmentally friendly, technologies comprise acrylics, urethanes, urethane-acrylics, vinyl acrylics and other copolymers for said industries.

DSM NeoResins’ existing brand names NeoCryl®, NeoRez®, NeoPac®, NeoRad® and Haloflex® are well-known throughout the industries world-wide. The company has manufacturing sites in Spain, the Netherlands, and in the USA. DSM NeoResins is headquartered in the Netherlands.