We are proud to announce that Sulco Chemicals and Canada Colors and Chemicals have been reverified under Responsible Care®.

Reverification occurs on a three-year cycle. During the week of November 6, 2006, our sites at Elmira (Sulco), Brampton, Montreal and Leduc were visited by the CCPA reverification team. This team consisted of two independent chemical industry experts, a member of the National Advisory Panel - a group consisting of community activists, academics, business leaders, consumer advocates, concerned environmentalists, other special interest organizations - representing the public at large and a representative of the local community surrounding each of these sites.

The community reps were:

• In Elmira, a local Town of Woolwich councillor and former executive director of the Kitchener Waterloo branch of Habitat for Humanity
• In Brampton, a Public Education Officer from the City of Brampton Department of Emergency Planning
• In Montreal, a retired teacher, school system administrator and member of a Ville St.Laurent risk reduction committee made up of municipal officials, concerned citizens and local industry and
• In Leduc, the City of Leduc Director, Protective Services and Fire Chief.

The team reviewed a detailed information package submitted by CCC, visited sites and held discussions with customers and suppliers to confirm that we were continuing to manage our business under the ethic of Responsible Care®. They wanted to confirm that our Responsible Care® management system was successful in driving continual improvement in risk management, environmental health and safety practices, community outreach, social responsibility, and product stewardship-related education of customers and communities through which our products are transported. The site visits included tours and discussions with Dave Emerson - President and COO Chemicals, site management, Joint Health and Safety Committee members, employees and the Sulco Community Advisory Panel.

The reverification report identified 13 findings requiring action, 26 opportunities for improvement and 28 industry best practices. The complete final report is available on the CCPA public website www.ccpa.ca/ResponsibleCare/verification.asp (Re-verification 2005-2008 Company Reports). Please take a few minutes to review the report.

Many thanks to all of our employees whose day-to-day focus on acting responsibly allows Canada Colors and Chemicals Limited to continue to be a leader within Canada's chemical industry.

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Canada Colors is very pleased to announce that Jim Biederman has accepted the position of Sr. Technical Specialist - Coatings for Central Region Chemicals, effective February 1^st, 2006.

Jim brings to Canada Colors 30 years of combined technical and account management experience in the chemical industry.

We are very excited that Jim has joined the Chemicals Business, and wish him much success in his career with us.

If you wish to contact Jim Biederman, please do so at jbiederman@canadacolors.com.

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October 11, 2005

Canada Colors and Chemicals Ltd. is pleased to announce the promotion of Sam Joshi to the position of Business Development Specialist for the Chemical Distribution business. In his new role, Sam will help develop new vendors for the Chemicals business focusing mainly on markets like Southeast Asia, South America and Eastern Europe. Sam will also assist in the coordination of marketing plans, competitive data tracking, advertising, tradeshows and overall CCC publicity programs.

Sam has an extensive background in Marketing. In addition to his experience with CCC since he joined in December 2000, he has prior work experience in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. He also obtained his MBA from the University of Wollongong, Australia in Marketing Management.

We want to wish Sam much success and enjoyment in his new assignment within CCC.

If you wish to contact Sam, please do so at sjoshi@canadacolors.com.

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This spring Canada Colors and Chemicals Ltd. has completed a major project to expand our warehouse facility in Leduc, Alberta. The expansion includes the addition of 11,800 sq ft of flammable storage, the addition and 3 new truck loading and un-loading bays, as well as the doubling in size of the blending facility. Taking all of this into account our Leduc facility is now 29,000 sq ft. This expansion along with the addition of our rail transloading facility in 2004 allows Leduc to offer a full range of product and services for our customers.

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November 5, 2004

Canada Colors and Chemicals Limited is very pleased to announce the promotion of Dharold Read to the position of General Manager, Industrial Chemicals and Logistics, effective January 1st, 2005. Dharold will now become a key member of the Chemicals Management Team (CMT), as well as the Chemicals Executive Management Committee (EMC).

Dharold has made many significant contributions to the Chemicals Distribution Business over the last 27 years both in Sales and Product Management, most recently in the role of Central Region Sales Manager.

Reporting to Dharold will be:

• Yvon Lemieux, Eastern Region Manager
• Joe Shilliday, Western Region Manager
• Brian O?Donnell, National Marketing Manager
• John Borcsok, Business Manager, Environmental & Resource Industries, and
• Chrispin Glynn, Manager of Inventory Control

Please join us in wishing Dharold all the best in his new role.

Dave Emerson
President and COO
Chemicals Business

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November 29, 2004

Canada Colors and Chemicals Limited is pleased to announce that on December 1, 2004, Andrew Tennant will be joining the Coatings Specialties group as Product Manager, reporting to me.

Andrew brings over 20 years of experience in coatings and polymer additives to Canada Colors and will play a key role in our growth.

During his career he has been a Coatings Formulator, a Technical Sales Representative with a multinational supplier and a Product Manager with a Canadian distributor. This unique combination of experience brings great value to our Coatings Specialties and Polymer Additives businesses. Our already strong group will be even stronger now that he will be working with us.

Please join us in welcoming Andrew to Canada Colors as he takes on this new and challenging role. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Mark Gerard
Business Manager, Coatings

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New product lines in the Cosmetic Industry

• Turpinal™
• Symbiol 68
• Drago-B-Glucan
• Drago-Calm
• Azulene
• PureSyn
• Pure Jojoba Oil

New product lines in the Pharmaceutical Industry

• REGENASURE Glucosamine Hydrochloride

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Responsible Care® Reverification

Canada Colors & Chemicals Limited is successfully verified under the Canadian Chemical Producers’ Association’s Responsible Care re-verification (phase III) protocol.

The Canadian Chemical Producers’ Association’s (CCPA) Responsible Care® initiative highlights the member and partner companies’ desire to be, and to be seen to be, responsible companies within Canadian society. Adopting Responsible Care® is a condition of CCPA membership. The Responsible Care® ethic, codes of practice and guiding principles facilitate the environmentally sound and responsible life cycle management of chemical products, the operation of facilities and processes, provision of services and the member company’s relationship with its community. The member and partner companies work with customers, suppliers, transporters, distributors and service providers to continuously improve the chemical industry.

For further information on Responsible Care® visit the CCPA at www.ccpa.ca or e-mail: info@ccpa.ca.

Canada Colors & Chemicals was one of two companies that volunteered to pilot a verification of ‘Responsible Care® In Place’ in 1993. In so doing we were the first small company in the world to have our Responsible Care® program verified by a team of independent experts. The team consisted of experienced chemical industry professionals and representatives from the public and the communities in which we operate.

Once ‘Responsible Care® In Place’ verification is complete re-verification is required every three years. Re-verification focuses on the actions taken by the company opposite the findings from previous verifications and confirms that the company has continued to improve its processes, community outreach communications and management systems.

A new team of verifiers, using a new re-verification protocol visited our sites in Elmira, Colborne, Brampton and Montreal. Canada Colors & Chemicals achieved Phase II Re-verification in November 2000.

We are proud to announce that we have now achieved Responsible Care® Phase III Re-verification. In November 2003 our sites in Elmira, Delta (Vancouver), and Brampton were visited by a re-verification team. The team, using a revised re-verification protocol, focused on how the company adapted the ethic of Responsible Care® into our business processes and the effectiveness of the management systems in place to support the guiding principles of Responsible Care®. Canada Colors & Chemicals is the only Canadian chemical distributor that has been verified under this CCPA protocol. To review the re-verification team’s report please click on ‘Sulco/Health and Safety/Responsible Care’ or visit the CCPA website and click on ‘re-verification’ reports. The commitment and dedication of each of our employees to the Responsible Care® ethic allows Canada Colors & Chemicals to remain a leader in the Canadian chemical industry.

Canada Colors & Chemicals is also a founding member of the Canadian Association of Chemical Distributors (CACD). Responsible Distribution®, CACD’s code for the safe handling of chemicals, is a condition of membership.

CACD’s Responsible Distribution® program along with Responsible Care® have one common goal – to protect the environment as well as the health and safety of employees, customers, and the public.

In 1995, Canada Colors & Chemicals integrated our Responsible Care® and Responsible Distribution® management systems into a single program. We successfully completed a Phase I Responsible Distribution® audit by CACD when our program manual was approved in October 1995.

In 2000, representatives from the CACD participated in the verification planning session and the actual site visit at Brampton for CCPA’s Phase II Re-verification in order to conduct a combined Responsible Distribution®/Responsible Care® verification. In June 2001 Phase II Responsible Distribution® verification was achieved for our Brampton and Montreal distribution centres. Our Don Mills head office was also verified under Responsible Distribution® in June 2002. We are awaiting the results of the audit of our Delta British Columbia distribution center completed in March 2004.

For additional information about CACD and Responsible Distribution® please visit www.cacd.ca or cacd@cacd.ca

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On September 8 and 9, 2003 the Canadian Chemical Producers Association’s (CCPA’s) TransCAER® Safety Train was on site at Canada Colors and Chemicals Ltd. (CCC) Brampton facility for training with the Brampton Fire Department. Eight crews were on site over the two days for training by Marty Byron, who is both Manager of CCC’s Western Operations and the CCPA spokesperson for the Safety Train. Sprinkler training, simulating how sprinklers activate in the event of a fire, was also held on site for employees. Offsite at the Brampton Fire Department, a HAZMAT (hazardous materials) Technician Course was held and one of CCC’s solvent tankers was used for hazardous materials training. Three CCC Supervisors attended the training and were warmly received by the attending firefighters and technicians for their input and knowledge from an industry standpoint and on their continued support of Brampton Fire and Emergency Services in the community.

The Safety Train serves as a training vehicle to teach emergency responders hands-on of the dangers of dealing with chemical emergencies. The two major railways (CN &CP), the Railway Association and the CCPA designed this railcar with valves, fittings and vents to duplicate actual equipment on tanker railcars used each day throughout North America. It is used to provide the necessary training to first responders faced with chemical disasters involving railcars.

The TransCAER® Safety Train was brought to Brampton around the same time last year during CCC Brampton’s Environmental and Safety Training Fair. The event brought many members of the City of Brampton’s Emergency Responders together, including the Fire Department, CN and the Region of Peel’s Emergency Response Team, HAZMAT team and the Bomb Squad. The fair was a great success and helped to reinforce the strong relationship CCC Brampton has with the Brampton Fire Department.

CCC Brampton and the Brampton Fire Department have been jointly involved in many events this past year. These have included the Emergency Preparedness Fair at the Bramalea City Centre, Confined Space Training and High Angle Training at CCC Brampton and joint participation on the Brampton PTSC committee (Partnership Towards Safer Communities), which CCC Brampton also co-chairs with Emergency Measures from the City of Brampton. The Brampton Fire Department also held a photo shoot for its annual Firefighters calendar at CCC Brampton this summer with proceeds going towards “Breakfast for Kids”. In November, 2003, Canada Colors and Chemicals completed Phase III re-verification under Responsible Care®, events like these reinforce our strong dedication to community awareness and public safety and help to portray the chemical industry in a positive light. Canada Colors and Chemicals Limited and the Brampton Fire Department look forward to continued cooperation and joint training in the future.

- Melanie Jones, CCC Brampton

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February 18, 2004

I am very pleased to announce that effective immediately Ursula Bagnato has been promoted to Manager, National Transportation. Ursula has been responsible for all inbound transportation for many years and has done an excellent job in sourcing the best carriers while managing both cost and risk. Recently Ursula has also taken over responsibility for outbound transportation, other than fleet, and the Claims Management System. She has been involved in the CCPA initiative “Transcaer” and was honoured by CCPA last year with an award recognizing her for this work. Ursula will continue to report to me.

Please join me in congratulating Ursula on her well-deserved promotion.

Rick Rundle
Director, National Operations and Transportation

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December 23, 2003

On behalf of the Board of Directors of Canada Colors and Chemicals, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dave Emerson to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer of the Chemicals Business.

Dave's twenty-three years of experience with the Company have provided him with a strong understanding of the distribution business and an in-depth appreciation of Sales and Marketing and Operations.

Please join me in wishing Dave every success in his new position, and in providing him full support in his new challenges.

Guy Carr-Harris
Chairman and CEO

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July 31, 2003

We are pleased to announce the promotion of John Borcsok to the position of Business Manager, Environmental & Resource Industries effective September 1, 2003.

In addition to his current responsibility for the water treatment, environmental and mining industries, John has assumed responsibility for the pulp and paper markets.

As part of the realignment of the management reporting structure, John will report to Ken Whiting, General Manager, Industrial Chemicals. The product synergies between the Environmental & Resource Business and the Industrial Chemicals group are strong and there is much overlap of resources in these two groups. This change will allow for close alignment of priorities and responsibilities in both businesses.

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