06/23/2008 - Süd-Chemie renews contract with Managing Board Chairman Dr. Günter von Au

The Supervisory Board of Süd-Chemie AG, Munich has reappointed Dr. Günter von Au, 56, as Chairman of the Managing Board. A contract running from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2013 has now been signed.

Dr. von Au, born in Illertissen, has been Chairman of the Managing Board of Süd-Chemie AG, Munich since mid 2004. He studied textile and plastics chemistry at the University of Applied Sciences in Reutlingen and chemistry at Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen, from which he also obtained the doctorate. Between 1980 and 2001 he worked for Wacker Chemie holding various management positions including Director of the company‘s Brazilian subsidiary, Head of the group‘s Polymer and Chemicals Division and Managing Director of the Joint Ventures Wacker Polymer Systems. Upon joining Süd-Chemie Group in 2001, Dr. von Au took over the management of its US-subsidiary, Süd-Chemie Inc. in Louisville/Kentucky. At the beginning of 2004, he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Süd-Chemie AG Managing Board. On 25 June 2004, he took over as Managing Board Chairman at Süd-Chemie AG in Munich.

Munich, 23 June 2008

Enquiries to:

Süd-Chemie AG
Corporate Communications
Patrick Salchow/Jochen Orlowski
Tel. +49 (0) 89 5110-250/-247

Süd-Chemie AG (www.sud-chemie.com) is a publicly quoted (Security Identification Number ISIN: DE0007292005; WKN: 729200) specialty chemicals company headquartered in Munich, Germany and operating on a worldwide scale. Key markets served by its Adsorbents Division include the consumer-goods, packaging and foundry industries, as well as the paper and plastics industries and water treatment. Products manufactured by the Catalysts Division offer solutions for the chemicals, petrochemicals and refinery industries, for energy storage and hydrogen production as well as off-gas purification. The common denominator of all its products and innovations is the efficient and sparing use of natural resources to enhance the quality of life for humans and the environment. Süd-Chemie generated sales of around €1.1 billion in 2007, approx. 80% of these outside Germany. At the end of 2007, the group employed over 5,100 people at its 75 sales and production sites worldwide.