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Haas SPE Organizational Meeting

WEST CHESTER, PA, September 27, 2002 - Haas Corporation a leader in the chemical management services field is pleased to announce that Thad Fortin, it’s CEO will attend the organizational meeting of the Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SPE) on Thursday, October 31 in Washington, DC.

It is the vision of SPE to create a trade association comprised of automotive and vehicle suppliers who will work in a partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a new and innovative business-centered approach to environmental protection, to find ways to improve the environment while providing value to the participants and to share the knowledge gained from those activities with businesses of all sizes. Their mission is to provide a self-sustaining forum for large, medium and small service and product vendors who deal with small, mid-sized and large vehicle manufacturers to develop and share tools, information, knowledge, good practices and technical support to ensure that the suppliers’ products and their processes provide environmental improvement and cost savings to SPE participants.

SPE’s Stated Goals:

1. Create a self-sustaining 501(c) (6) trade association, which will demonstrate that by working cooperatively within the supply chain, private sector companies of all sizes can achieve real environmental improvements while providing value to the participants.

2. Provide a mechanism where automotive suppliers through the relationships developed in SPE can collect and share information, data and knowledge on ways to improve their environmental performance and, by utilizing EPA communication channels, share the knowledge gained through SPE activities with companies and organization’s who are not members of the organization.

3. Implement an ongoing awards program to recognize leading suppliers who actively participate in and support SPE activities.

4. Develop, as appropriate, specific tools, reports or documents that address the vision, mission and needs of the organization.

5. Provide a foundation for future activities designed to recognize and encourage new approaches in developing environmental policy.

For additional information about SPE contact Steve Hellem, Executive Director, at (202) 530-5910.

Haas Corporation is widely recognized as a leading Chemical Manager to manufacturing industries. Haas is the largest Chemical Manager in Canada and Mexico and the first Chemical Manager in China. Haas Corporation is headquartered at 1646 West Chester Pike, West Chester, PA 19382; the main phone number is (610)-436-9840. To find out more about Haas Corporation, it’s programs or Chemical Management in general visit us on the web at www.haascorp.com.

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