CROMOGENIA-UNITS, S.A. was founded in Barcelona in 1942 and took the name after its main activity at that time, namely, the manufacture of chrome salts and derivatives.

CROMOGENIA-UNITS, S.A. is nowadays a leading supplier of specialty and fine chemicals. The aim of CROMOGENIA-UNITS, S.A.is to design, produce and market products that may meet the real requirements of the people and may help to improve their quality of life. Its growth strategy is focused on the development of specialty chemicals for industrial sectors in which our condition of market leader or the advanced technology used in the manufacture of our products may give us a competitive position.

CROMOGENIA-UNITS, S.A. operates through six divisions and nine production plats, supported by a network of commercial departaments in subsidiary companies and by agents.

HEADQUARTERS AND CENTRAL LABORATORIES; Barcelona.

Barcelona (2) (Spain), CROMOGENIA-UNITS S.A.

Alcover (Spain), ALCOVER QUIMICA S.L.

Arteixo (Spain), ARTEIXO QUIMICA S.L.

Buenos Aires (Argentina), UNITS SUDAMERICANA S.A

León (Mexico), UNITS DE MEXICO S.A DE C.V.

Izmir (Turquía), CROMOGENIA TURK

Shanghai (China), CROMOGENIA SHANGHAI CO. LTD.

SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES:

Izmir (Turquía), UNITS KIMYEVI DIJ TICARET LIMITED.

Buenos Aires (Argentina), UNITS SUDAMERICANA S.A.

Santiago de Chile (Chile), UNITS CHILE LTDA.

Novo Hamburgo (Brasil), UNITS BRASIL S.L.

CROMOGENIA-UNITS, S.A. gives occupation to 300 people (230 in Spain and 70 in her foreign subsidiaries). The global turnover was 96 M € in the year 2003.

The evolution of CROMOGENIA-UNITS, S.A. by its own internal development, together with a well-defined acquisitions policy, led to the shaping of the UNITS GROUP, a holding that provides its associated companies with an essential structure for their financial, industrial and commercial activities. The Group is organized as a centre of strategic planning and as a decision-making unit capable of anticipating the future needs of the various industrial sectors in which they are active and therefore of better meeting the new challenges of a global market.