CHEMARK & Specialty Coatings Services Announce Collaboration

January 22, 2007

Southern Pines, NC USA

The CHEMARK Consulting Group, Inc of Southern Pines, NC and Specialty Coating Services of Louisville, KY jointly announce their formal collaborative association.

Founded in 1975, The CHEMARK Consulting Group, Inc. is a global
Management consulting firm specializing in the Coatings, Paints, Adhesives, Sealants, and Specialty Chemicals Industries and Headquartered in Southern Pines, NC, CHEMARK with offices in both North America & Europe with Associate Affiliations in Asia Pacific and South America. CHEMARK assists its clients in strategic planning, tactical support, M&A, product introduction positioning, competitive analysis, image studies, operations management, value chain analysis, competitive analysis, customer satisfaction and market research.

Specialty Coatings Services, Inc. (SCS), founded in 1993, is an independent consulting laboratory focused narrowly on the technical aspects of coatings and paints and the raw materials that find use in these industries. SCS’s capabilities range from new product analysis, application development, and formulation, to a complete gambit of testing programs per market segment targeted. SCS has assisted many raw material and formulator companies, efficiently bring new products to markets due to its unique understanding of both the technologies required versus markets sought.

In a joint statement, Phil Phillips, Managing Partner of CHEMARK and Mike Jackson, President & CEO of Specialty Coating Services, Inc. say, “While both companies will continue to operate independently and remain legally separate, we feel by bringing general business management skills together with a highly recognized technical capability in a collaborative manner, our offering bundle will be recognized as a value by small, medium and large coatings and paint companies world-wide. We truly believe no other consulting firm will have this capability.”

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