The company plans to build a MHEC production plant in Bitterfeld, Germany. It
will produce MHEC primarily for the construction materials market and is
expected to come on stream in the first quarter 2009.
New capacity for METHOCEL cellulose ethers is expected to be available from
production facilities in Stade, Germany, during the fourth quarter of 2007,
while facilities in Midland, MI, will have a new full-train operational in early
2008. This increase is expected to yield capacity additions of approximately
10,000 metric tons.