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Noveon Announces Price Increases for Sodium and Potassium Benzoate, Benzaldehyde and Benzoic Acid

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Noveon, Inc. logo. (PRNewsFoto)[TC]
CLEVELAND, OH USA
    CLEVELAND, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Noveon Kalama, Inc. has announced price
increases for sodium and potassium benzoate of 7 cents per pound, benzaldehyde
of 10 cents per pound and benzoic acid of 7 cents per pound.  These increases
will be effective immediately or as contracts will allow.
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    Noveon is a leading global producer and marketer of technologically
advanced specialty chemicals for a broad range of consumer and industrial
applications with revenues in 2002 of $1.1 billion. Noveon is headquartered in
Cleveland, Ohio, with regional centers in Brussels, Belgium, and Hong Kong.
    This release contains forward-looking statements that relate to future
events or performance.  These statements reflect the Company's current
expectations, and the Company does not undertake to update or revise these
forward-looking statements, even if experience or future changes make it clear
that any projected results express or implied in this or other Company
statements will not be realized.  Furthermore, investors are cautioned that
these statements involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the
Company's control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from
the forward-looking statements.  Important factors that may affect our
expectations, estimates or projections include:

    * the effects of the substantial debt we have incurred in connection with
      our acquisition of the Performance Materials Segment of Goodrich and our
      ability to refinance or repay that debt;

    * changes in customer requirements in markets or industries we serve;

    * general economic and market conditions;

    * our access to capital markets and any restrictions placed on us by any
      current or future financing arrangements;

    * the effect of risks of investing in and conducting operations in foreign
      countries, including political, social, economic, currency and
      regulatory factors;

    * changes in the price and supply of major raw materials; and

    * the effect of fluctuations in currency exchange rates on our
      international operations.

    Further information about these risks can be found in the Company's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
    Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking
statements contained herein, which speak only as of the date hereof.  The
Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release the result of any
revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect
events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events.


SOURCE Noveon, Inc.




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