Rohm and Haas Announces Organizational Changes

PHILADELPHIA, June 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rohm and Haas Company announced the following organizational changes. All will be effective July 1, 2007.

Patrice Barthelmes, Group Vice President for Packaging and Building Materials Business is relinquishing his role as European Region Director, in order to devote full time to the global operations and development of this $1.8 billion business. Mr. Barthelmes had taken on the additional oversight of the region in January 2007 as part of a broader, corporate-wide reorganization.

Gray Wirth, currently Vice President of the Primary Materials Business, will relocate to Switzerland and take on the regional responsibilities for Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Carol Eicher, currently General Manager of Packaging and Building Materials in North America, is to become Vice President and Business Director for Primary Materials. This business reported sales of nearly $2 billion in 2006.

Clive Grannum, who joined Rohm and Haas as Global Marketing Director for Packaging and Building Materials in March 2007, will replace Ms. Eicher, and will join the company's Leadership Council. Prior to joining Rohm and Haas in March of 2007, Mr. Grannum was a Vice President of the ICI Group, leading the Uniqema North and Latin American businesses.

Pierre Brondeau, Executive Vice President and Business Group Executive for Specialty Materials, explained that these executive changes are logical steps in the company's ongoing plans for global growth, and that the people involved have nearly completed the transitions to their new roles.

About Rohm and Haas Company

Leading the way since 1909, Rohm and Haas is a global pioneer in the creation and development of innovative technologies and solutions for the specialty materials industry. The company's technologies are found in a wide range of industries including: Building and Construction, Electronics and Electronic Devices, Household Goods and Personal Care, Packaging and Paper, Transportation, Pharmaceutical and Medical, Water, Food and Food Related, and Industrial Process. Innovative Rohm and Haas technologies and solutions help to improve life everyday, around the world. Based in Philadelphia, PA, the company generated annual sales of approximately $8.2 billion in 2006. Visit http://www.rohmhaas.com/ for more information. imagine the possibilities(TM)