CCP Chempol® MPS Wins the 2009 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 22nd, 2009 – Cook Composites and Polymers Company proudly announces receipt of the 2009 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for Designing Greener Chemicals. Each year the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administers the program on behalf of the White House. The challenge is designed to recognize individuals, companies and technologies that incorporate sustainable chemistry into their product formulations, manufacture, and end use. This prestigious award was jointly presented to Cook Composites and Polymers (CCP) and Procter & Gamble Chemicals (P&G), based on the Chempol® MPS technology that was developed and commercialized through collaborative efforts.

CCP’s Chempol® MPS is an innovative, Sefose®-based alkyd resin technology that enables formulation of paints and coatings with significantly less Volatile Organic Compounds, or VOC’s, than traditional, solvent-borne alkyd coatings. Chempol® MPS alkyd resins are specially-formulated to perform similarly to petroleum-based polymers while delivering both an improved environmental profile and an enhanced consumer usage experience.

“CCP is proud of this technological breakthrough. We appreciate the close working relationship with P&G Chemicals which allowed us to combine their Sefose® technology with our chemistry and formulation expertise. This collaboration was instrumental in the development of this green product solution”, says Ken Moran, Vice President of Sales & Marketing for CCP.

About Cook Composites and Polymers (CCP)

Quality products and superior customer service have made Cook Composites and Polymers (CCP) an international leader in the production and distribution of polyester gel coats and resins. CCP is the world’s largest producer of polyester gel coats and the second largest producer of coatings resins. In addition, the CCP distributor network is North America’s largest for composites and cast polymers. Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., CCP has manufacturing facilities throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. CCP affiliate companies include TOTAL, Cray Valley, Sartomer, Reacciones Quimicas, Peninsula Polymers and Progress Plastiques among others.

About Procter & Gamble Chemicals

P&G Chemicals, a business unit of The Procter & Gamble Company, is a global marketer of fatty alcohols, methyl esters, fatty acids, glycerine, tertiary amines, Sefose®, and Food Ingredients and has been in the chemical business for over 170 years. P&G Chemicals has sales offices in Cincinnati, Ohio; London, England; Geneva, Switzerland; Singapore, Beijing and Guangzhou, China.

For more information, contact: Dennis Ryer, 816.391.6080, ryer@ccponline.com.

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