NATIONAL STARCH AND CHEMICALS LTD.

Coatings

The coatings include:

- Acrylate multi-polymers used as rheology modifiers in paper coatings

- Advanced technology coatings and encapsulants, including materials that are electrically conductive, thermally conductive and nonconductive

- Emulsion and redispersible powder polymers for construction applicationsincluding, coatings for floors, stucco, tape joint compounds and wallpaperadhesives

- Coatings for friction reduction, wear resistance, anti-squeak, lubrication, release,shielding and conductivity

Adhesives

Various types of adhesives include:

- Pressure sensitive adhesives for transdermal drug delivery and a wide variety of medical applications

- Adhesives used to combine flexible films for food and pharmaceutical packaging

- Advanced technology adhesives, coatings and encapsulants, including materials that are electrically conductive, thermally conductive and nonconductive

- Structural adhesives for product assembly, bonding, potting, and sealing

- Multi-part epoxies, acrylic adhesives and silicones in single-use packages as small as one gram

- Conductive and nonconductive adhesive pastes, films and preforms, encapsulants and thermally conductive materials for semiconductor packaging and microelectronic and opto-electronic assemblies

- Specialized inks and coatings for a variety of medical applications

Water Treatment Products

Water treatment products include:

- Acrylate multi-polymers used as detergent co-builders

- Antiscalants for water treatment; dispersants for pigments and deflocculants for oil drilling applications

- Rheology modifiers in paper coatings, adhesives, construction products and other applications

- Dithiocarbamates used as microbiocides in industrial water treatment and as metal precipitants in effluent treatment.