World's First Partnership Between Chemical Parks - CHEMPARK and Nanjing Chemical Industry Park (NCIP) Enter Into Agreement

New Gateway Between North Rhine-Westphalia and China

LEVERKUSEN, Germany and NANJING, China, November 18 - CHEMPARK, with its sites in Leverkusen, Dormagen and Krefeld-Uerdingen,
Germany, and Nanjing Chemical Industry Park (NCIP) in China entered into the
first worldwide partnership agreement between chemical parks on Wednesday,
November 18, 2009. The contract was signed during a visit to China by NRW
State Premier Jurgen Ruttgers. The signatories were Klaus Schafer, Chairman
of the Executive Board of CHEMPARK operator CURRENTA, and Xie Chongxiu, Vice
President of the NCIP Administrative Committee and Deputy Director of NCIP
GmbH. CHEMPARK accounts for around a third of the sales generated by the
chemical industry in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Over 45,000 people
are employed at its sites.

In the agreement, the two parties undertake to share their experience and
information on a regular basis. The partners look forward not only to an
exchange of know-how but also to cooperating on activities and events.
Collaboration on training and an exchange of employees for a limited period
are also planned over the long term.

The first contacts were made on a site marketing trip to China organized
by business promotion organization NRW.INVEST last May. This agency of the
Economics Ministry and its representative office in Nanjing provided support
for the partners on both sides throughout the process of preparing the
agreement.

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    Contacts:

    CURRENTA
    Joerg Brueckner, Tel. +49(0)214-30-66565, cell phone: +49(0)175-30-66565
    E-mail: joerg.brueckner@currenta.de

    NRW.INVEST GmbH
    Annette Peis, Press and Public Relations
    Tel.: +49(0)211-130-00162, Fax: +49(0)211-130-00154
    E-mail: peis@nrwinvest.com

Contacts: CURRENTA, Joerg Brueckner, Tel. +49(0)214-30-66565, cell phone: +49(0)175-30-66565, E-mail: joerg.brueckner at currenta.de ; NRW.INVEST GmbH, Annette Peis, Press and Public Relations, Tel.: +49(0)211-130-00162, Fax: +49(0)211-130-00154, E-mail: peis at nrwinvest.com .