PRESS RELEASE

Chris Morrissey
Sun Chemical Corporation
Phone: 708-236-3686
chris.morrissey@na.sunchem.com

Joan Bellofatto
American Red Cross
Phone: 201-652-3210
jbellofat@arcbergen.org

Sun Chemical Announces Partnership with Bergen-Hudson Red Cross
Provides Space for Emergency Operations, Meetings

Fort Lee, NJ - July 30, 2003 -- As part of its ongoing efforts to support the local community, Sun Chemical announced that it was establishing a partnership with the Bergen-Hudson chapter of the American Red Cross to better serve northern New Jersey.

Sun Chemical, headquartered in Fort Lee, NJ, offered space in its Carlstadt, NJ facility as a contingency Emergency Operations Center that the Red Cross would use in the event its primary facility was incapacitated. The state-of-the-art facility can provide up to 32 phone lines, fax capabilities, access to cable television and high-speed Internet connections.

"Promoting safety and being a good neighbor are two issues we feel strongly about here at Sun Chemical," said Dr. John Rooney, vice president technology, Sun Chemical. "By cooperating and providing resources to the Red Cross, we are supporting and promoting those initiatives."

Sun Chemical also offered Red Cross storage space to house disaster supplies (cots, blankets, comfort kits, etc.), and space at one of its facilities to park a trailer of emergency supplies. Currently, the Red Cross holds monthly Disaster Action Team Meetings in Sun Chemical's Carlstadt facility.

"The partnership with Sun Chemical in Carlstadt has made Red Cross disaster action team meetings more accessible for Bergen and Hudson because of its central location," stated Mona Bookman, director of emergency services at the Bergen-Hudson Red Cross. "Sun Chemical gave us access to its well equipped technology, which is needed for effective community disaster response. Sun also provided Red Cross the use of storage space, which helps us logistically in the southern portion of the county. Sun Chemical is giving generously and in doing so is helping their community through the Red Cross."

Community involvement in northern New Jersey is not a new concept for Sun Chemical. For example, the Red Cross and local law enforcement agencies currently use the Carlstadt facility to conduct a 12-week training course for Domestic Violence Response Teams.

About the Bergen-Hudson Red Cross
The Bergen-Hudson Chapter of the American Red Cross has been helping the residents of Bergen and Hudson Counties for more than 100 years in combined service.

The chapter currently outreaches to approximately 1.5 million residents, and responds to approximately 240 residential fires each year.

Red Cross is a social service organization governed by a Board of Directors of 42 people, 1,800 volunteers and 20,000 donors. The Bergen-Hudson chapter is the largest strategic unit in the state of New Jersey.

Chapter services include preservation of independent living for seniors through Meal on Wheels and medical transportation, and Safe Homes; community and workplace Health & Safety; HIV and AIDS prevention education; and aid to families displaced due to disaster, military emergency services, international services, and homelessness; child development parenting classes; blood services, disaster and emergency preparedness and more.

The Bergen-Hudson Chapter stands committed to communities in continued service and education, including its most recent initiative, Together We Prepare, which advocates for communities to make a family disaster plan, make a disaster kit, be a volunteer, donate blood, and learn life saving skills, first aid and CPR. For more information, visit http://bergencrossroads.redcross.org/ or call (201) 652-3210.