The pursuit of fine specialty chemicals

I would first like to offer my sincere condolences to all those who suffered from the Great East Japan Earthquake and express my hope for a swift restoration and revival of the area and its people.

Ever since the Company' foundation, Harima Chemicals has been committed to people's live as well as the world of industry, by constantly utilizing our unique technology and transforming the effective substances obtained from natural pine tree plant resources into value-added industrial products.

" Live a better life with what nature provides': this is our basic philosophy.

It is our sincere hope that we can further enrich people's lives in harmony with nature and technology as well as pursue a more prosperous society. With this philosophy in mind, we will continue to promote our global business development, both domestically and overseas, as an advanced eco-friendly corporation who considers the earth to be one field.

We will continue to further contribute to the life of all individuals as well as to society as a whole, blazing a trail to a brighter future, where people live in comfort with nature.

Specifically, Harima will operate the rosin business purchased from Momentive Specialty Chemicals in January of this year as Lawter, Inc.. We strongly believe that the addition of Lawters will greatly enhance Harima's existing manufacture, enhance research and development, and marketing operations and lead to a greater development of our resin chemicals products business. Amidst these economic conditions, Harima will continue to strive toward becoming the global leader in the field of pine chemicals by further deepening and maximizing the synergy between all the group companies.

I sincerely hope that we can continue to receive your support in realizing this goal.