OMNOVA Solutions (NYSE:OMN) announced that its Performance Chemicals business has established OMNOVA Performance Chemicals Trading (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd.(\"OMNOVA Asia\") to enhance and further expand the Company\'s presence in the Asia-Pacific region. OMNOVA Asia will extend the sales and servicing of OMNOVA\'s emulsion polymer and specialty chemicals technology, while building on its business relationships throughout the region. OMNOVA Asia will focus on promoting and marketing specialty products including vinylpyridine latex for tire cord, floor polish polymers, textile chemicals, paper coating additives, PolyFox
fluorosurfactants,and emulsion polymers for nonwovens, tapes and adhesives applications.In addition, OMNOVA Asia will strengthen the Company\'s supply and distribution capabilities in the region through select partnerships and potential joint ventures.
In addition to its Asia Performance Chemicals business, OMNOVA Solutions has two manufacturing joint ventures for its Decorative Products business in Thailand and China.
OMNOVA Solutions Inc. is a technology-based company with 2004 sales of $746 million and a current workforce of 1,850 employees worldwide. OMNOVA is an innovator of emulsion polymers, specialty chemicals, and decorative and functional surfaces for a variety of commercial, industrial and residential end uses.
