PRESS RELEASE

Emily Bryce, Performance Pigments
Marketing Specialist
Phone: +1 708-236-3724
emily.bryce@na.sunchem.com

Sun Chemical Performance Pigments to Instate Fuel Surcharges on all North American Shipments

Cincinnati, OH - November 01, 2005 -- Sun Chemical Performance Pigments, a leading manufacturer of organic pigments and preparations, has announced a fuel surcharge on all North American shipments effective November 15, 2005. The amount of the charge will be indexed against the average cost per gallon of diesel fuel based on a predetermined schedule and comes in addition to standard delivery costs which Performance Pigments includes in the per pound pricing of its products.

"Companies and individuals alike have witnessed the soaring prices of fuel that the transportation industry has passed along to its customers," said Mason Harvey, vice president of supply chain, Performance Pigments. "Unfortunately, Performance Pigments cannot continue to absorb all these increases and must also pass them along to its customers."

Performance Pigments makes no statement on the duration of this surcharge, but Russ Henke, vice president of sales, NAFTA, emphasizes, "We are committed to providing customized and value-maximizing solutions for our customers and will continue to monitor this situation."

Sun Chemical, the world's largest producer of printing inks and pigments, is a leading provider of materials to packaging, publication, coatings, plastics, cosmetics, and other industrial markets. With annual sales approaching $4 billion, Sun Chemical has over 12,000 employees supporting customers around the world. The Sun Chemical Group of companies includes such well-known names as Coates, Hartmann, Kohl & Madden, and US Ink.

Sun Chemical Corporation in the U.S. and Sun Chemical Limited in England are subsidiaries of Sun Chemical Group B.V., the Netherlands. Sun Chemical has headquarters in Parsippany, New Jersey, U.S.A.; Watford, England; and Weesp, the Netherlands. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.sunchemical.com.