Introducing StarChem

2015

Presentation Highlights

• Star Holdings

• StarChem

• Market Applications

• Product Portfolio

• Capabilities - Wellford, USA

- Dalton, USA

- Honduras

- Colombia

- Canada

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Star Holdings

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Production sites Wellford, SCDalton, GAChaloma, Honduras

Sales officesCalgary, ABToronto, ONBogota, ColombiaSão Paulo, Brazil

Sales North AmericaCentral- and South AmericaEuropeMiddle East and AfricaAsia

Warehouse &BlendingEdmonton, ABToronto, ONBogota, Colombia

Star Holdings

• Family owned

• Chemical manufacturing

• Chairman: Charles Cofield

• CFO: Kevin Harris

• HR: Thomas Crumbley

Companies

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• President: Vann Brown

• Specialty chemicals

• Carpet, Aviation and Automotive

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• President Peter Chetcuti

• Surfactants, Silicones and specialty chemicals

• Textiles, Oilfield, Consumer Care, Functionals

StarChem History

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Business Overview

Markets• Textiles• Oil & Gas• Home Care HI&I• Personal Care• Pulp & Paper• Chemical Intermediates• Composites• Toll Manufacturing

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Production Technologies• Esterification • Quaternization• Amidation• Oxidation• Polymerization• Phosphonation• Ethoxylation• Sulfation • Emulsification & Homogenization• Flaking, Compounding, Dispersing & Blending

Textiles28%

Oil and Gas22%Chem. Int.

19%

Pulp & Paper11%

Non-wovens

9%

Composites5%

Toll and Cust. Manf.4%

US Sales 2014

Textiles43%

Oil and Gas23%

Chem. Int.14%

Pulp & Paper

8%

Non-wovens

6%

Composites4%

Global Sales 2014

Chemistry Groups

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• Quaternary Compounds (Alkyl Pyridine-, BzCl-, MeCl-, Silane-, Sulfate- and other Quats)

• Imidazolines, Triazines and Cetrimonium Chlorides

• Amphoterics (Betaines, Sulfobetaines, Hydroxysultaines, and Amine Oxides etc.)

• Fatty Amides

• Sulfation (batch reaction with Sulfamic Acid)

• Phosphate Esters and Phosphonates

• Siloxanes, organo-modified Siloxanes and Siloxane Emulsions

• Foam Control (Silicone and non-silicone, Mineral Oil, Polymerics)

• Anionic Surfactants and Formulated Surfactants

• PEG Esters, Fatty Amides and Specialty Esters

• DOSS (Dioctyl Sulfosuccinates)

• Ethoxylates

• Ethylene Urea, Specialty Additives & various other Chemicals

Wellford – Process Technology

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• Distillation• Vacuum < 10 mm• High temperature ~ 300 °C• Esterifications up to 300 °C

• Flaking

• Quaternization

• Compounding

• Polymerization• Solution• Condensation• Melamine-urea / HCHO• Urea/EDA adducts• Amino silicones

• Emulsification & homogenization

• High pressure wax emulsions

• Mix blend capabilities

• StarChem Corporate HQ

• R&D Group and Formulation Lab

• Management Team

Wellford – Synthesis & Reactor Capability

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• 18 vessels (volumes ranging 50 – 6,000 gallons)• 5 vessels are mixing vessels• 10 stainless steel reactors• Most reactors equipped w/ condensers and receivers• 1 glass lined reactor (4,000 gal) equipped with

condensers and receivers• 2 stainless steel reactor equipped with hot oil/ 295o

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• 3 Pilot Plant Vessels• 2 GL Reactors/ 1 SS Reactor

• Drum Flaker

Wellford – Bulk Storage Capability

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• 100 bulk liquid storage tanks

• Sized from 2,000 to 20,000 gallons.

• Steel, stainless steel, aluminum

• FRP construction

• Pressures rated vessels up to 350 psig

• Storing of high melting point liquids.

• On-site biological WWTP discharging to a POTW

• EPA registered site

• NPDES permit

• Air pollution control technology

• Active Process Safety Management (PSM) Program

• Class 1 Div. 2 site. (explosion proof)

• FIFRA certified site

Other Information

Dalton – Overview

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• On-site rail access

• 15 Storage Tanks

• 17 stainless steel vessels

• Solid dispersion capabilities

• Ranging from 2,500 gallons – 10,000 gallons

• Mixing capability ranging from 2,500 – 10,000 gallon

• One high shear 6,000 gallon capacity

• Two high shear vessels with heating/cooling of 2,500 gallon

• High speed drumming line

Canada, Honduras and Colombia

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StarChem Honduras - Overview

StarChem Canada- Overview• Sales & Marketing

• Regulatory EH&S Support

• 3rd Party Distribution & Logistic CentersWarehouse & Bulk StorageToll Manufacturing and blending in:- Montreal, QC- Edmonton, AB

• On-Site Sales & Marketing

• Customer Service & Technical Service

• Mixing capability ranging from 250 – 750 gallon

• High shear vessel with heating and cooling

• 4 stainless steel vessels

• 20,000 ft2 Warehouse

StarChem Colombia - Overview• Started January 2015

• Sales & Marketing

• Technical Service

• Blending

• Warehouse