Bluestar Silicones Presents its Full Range of Performance Silicones at the In-Cosmetics 2010 Show

LYON, France, March 10, 2010 - Bluestar Silicones will be taking a stand at the In-Cosmetics show at
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles from 13 - 15 April 2010 to present its full
range of silicones for use in a number of cosmetics and healthcare segment
application fields - Stand G 80.

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Bluestar Silicones is committed to permanent innovation, and will
introduce its full range of silicones for use in a number of cosmetics and
healthcare segment application fields at the In-Cosmetics show.

The benefits delivered by the Mirasil(R) product range to hair and skin
care end products include bringing a silky, soft feel to dry skin, shine,
spreadability, non-greasy, long lasting and protective qualities. The
vertical integration of raw materials production and its 50 years' experience
in silicone technology enable Bluestar Silicones to offer a comprehensive
range of speciality silicones (high molecular mass gums in volatile
silicones, amodimethicones and their emulsions, silicone polyethers,
performance systems, etc.) to complement its standard products
(cyclomethicones and dimethicones).

Bluestar Silicones is demonstrating its determination to become a key
worldwide supplier of Performance systems to the cosmetics industry by
exhibiting with its partner UNIPEX for the first time in France at the
In-Cosmetics 2010 Show. This positioning fits in with Bluestar Silicones'
global strategy and that of its new production facility in China that has
joined ranks with its silicone product manufacturing and research sites at
Saint Fons (France), Lubeck (Germany), Santa Perpetua (Spain) and Caronno
(Italy) that work for the cosmetics industry.

Bluestar Silicones is a global supplier of silicones with a turnover of
EUR600 million and manufacturing sites in all regions of the world. Bluestar
Silicones is one of the world's leading manufacturers of completely
integrated silicones. With over 50 years' experience in silicones, Bluestar
Silicones offers a complete range of silicone products in the fields of
release coatings, specialty elastomers, health products, specialty fluids,
emulsions and resins.

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Press contact: Pascal Louis Caillaut, Bluestar Silicones, Telephone: +33-4-72-13-19-21 - Fax: +33-4-72-13-19-44, Email: pascal-louis.caillaut at bluestarsilicones.com