# American Chemistry



# Council Informational Workshop on TDI and

MDI February 15, 2012

# Outline

• Welcome

• Introductions



# • Antitrust Reminder

• Purpose of Workshop

• Review Agenda

# Introductions

• American Chemistry Council

– Represents leading companies in the business of chemistry

– 159 member companies



# • ACC Diisocyanates Panel

– Represents companies that manufacture diisocyanates including
MDI and TDI

– 4 member companies



# • ACC Center for the Polyurethanes Industry

– Represents companies throughout the value chain of polyurethanes including raw material suppliers, equipment manufacturers and companies making polyurethane products



# – 64 member companies

# Partners in ACC’s Activities

• Adhesive and Sealant Council

• American Coatings Association



# • Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance

# Antitrust Reminder

DO

Do ensure strict performance in areas of:

OVERSIGHT/SUPERVISION:

 have an American Chemistry Council staff representative at each American Chemistry Council

- sponsored meeting (unless an exception has been authorized by the appropriate American Chemistry Council vice president);

 consult with an attorney from Legal Shared Services on all antitrust questions relating to American Chemistry Council

- sponsored meetings;

 limit meeting discussions to agenda topics (unless additional topics have been approved by the appropriate American Chemistry Council staff representative); and

 provide each member company representative and American Chemistry Council staff representative attending an American Chemistry Council

sponsored meeting with a copy of this checklist, and have a copy available for reference at all American Chemistry Council

- sponsored meetings.

RECORDKEEPING:

 have an agenda and minutes which accurately reflect the matters which

occur;

 provide agendas and minutes to Legal Shared Services for review and approval in advance of distribution; and

 fully describe the purposes and authorities of all task groups, work groups, ad hoc or other standing committee subgroups in the minutes of the appropriate parent committee.

VIGILANCE:

 protest against any discussion or meeting activities, which appear to violate this checklist; dissociate yourself from any such discussion or activities and leave any meeting in which they continue. DON’T

Don’t, in fact or appearance, discuss or exchange information on:

PRICES, INCLUDING:

 individual company prices, price changes, price differentials, markups, discounts, allowances, credit terms, etc.;

 individual company data on costs, production, capacity, inventories, sales, etc.; and

 industry pricing policies, price levels, price changes, differentials, etc.

PRODUCTION, INCLUDING:

 plans of individual companies concerning the design, production, distribution or marketing of particular products, including proposed territories or customers; and

 changes in industry production, capacity or inventories.

TRANSPORTATION RATES:

 rates or rate policies for individual shipments, including basing point systems, zone prices, freight equalization, etc.

MARKET PROCEDURES, INCLUDING:

 company bids on contracts for particular products; company procedures for responding to bid invitations; and

 matters relating to actual or potential individual suppliers or customers that might have the effect of excluding them from any market or influencing the business conduct of firms toward them.