| Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (Rockwood) is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of specialty chemicals and advanced materials used for industrial and commercial purposes. The Company's products consist of inorganic chemicals and solutions and engineered materials. The Company operates manufacturing its products in 87 facilities in 24 countries and selling its products and providing its services to more than 60,000 customers. The Company has five operating segments: Specialty Chemicals, Performance Additives, Titanium Dioxide Pigments, Advanced Ceramics and Specialty Compounds. The Specialty Chemicals segment develops and manufactures metal surface treatment products and services, lithium chemicals and fine chemicals for a range of industries and end markets. The Performance Additives segment consists of business lines, which develop and manufacture a range of specialty chemicals used in industrial and consumer products and processes to enhance performance or to create characteristics. |
