**Exhibit              12**

**MACDERMID,              INC.**

**COMPUTATION              OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES**

|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |                                         |   |                              |   |                           |   |                          |   | Nine                      Months |   | Twelve                      Months |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------|-----------------------------------|--------|--------------------------------|--------|-------------------------------|--------|----------------------------------|--------|------------------------------------|
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |                                         |   |                              |   |                           |   |                          |   | Ended                            |   | Ended                              |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Year                      Ended December 31, |   | December                      31, |   | March                      31, |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | 2005                                         |   | 2004                              |   | 2003                           |   | 2002                          |   | 2001                             |   | 2001                               |
| Earnings:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                         |   |                              |   |                           |   |                          |   |                             |   |                               |
| Income                      (loss) from continuing                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |                                         |   |                              |   |                           |   |                          |   |                             |   |                               |
|                         operations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | $                      47,043                |   | $                      53,224     |   | $                      49,820  |   | $                      31,477 |   | $                      (17,288)  |   | $                      43,753      |
| Income                      tax expense (benefit)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 18,568                                       |   | 24,513                            |   | 23,466                         |   | 16,122                        |   | (9,309)                          |   | 29,752                             |
| Income                      (loss) from continuing                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |                                         |   |                              |   |                           |   |                          |   |                             |   |                               |
|                         operations before tax expense                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | 65,611                                       |   | 77,737                            |   | 73,286                         |   | 47,599                        |   | (26,597)                         |   | 73,505                             |
| Add                      back fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |                                         |   |                              |   |                           |   |                          |   |                             |   |                               |
|                         included in income:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                         |   |                              |   |                           |   |                          |   |                             |   |                               |
|                           Interest expense                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 30,397                                       |   | 31,014                            |   | 31,051                         |   | 34,458                        |   | 25,095                           |   | 33,339                             |
|                           Estimated interest in                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                         |   |                              |   |                           |   |                          |   |                             |   |                               |
|                              rent expense                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 8,045                                        |   | 2,324                             |   | 2,407                          |   | 2,612                         |   | 2,110                            |   | 2,164                              |
| Adjusted                      Earnings                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | $                      104,053               |   | $                      111,075    |   | $                      106,744 |   | $                      84,669 |   | $                      608       |   | $                      109,009     |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |                                         |   |                              |   |                           |   |                          |   |                             |   |                               |
| Fixed                      charges:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                         |   |                              |   |                           |   |                          |   |                             |   |                               |
| Interest                      expense                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 30,397                                       |   | 31,014                            |   | 31,051                         |   | 34,458                        |   | 25,095                           |   | 33,339                             |
| Estimated                      interest in                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                         |   |                              |   |                           |   |                          |   |                             |   |                               |
|                         rent expense                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 8,045                                        |   | 2,324                             |   | 2,407                          |   | 2,612                         |   | 2,110                            |   | 2,164                              |
| Total                      fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | $                      38,442                |   | $                      33,338     |   | $                      33,458  |   | $                      37,070 |   | $                      27,205    |   | $                      35,503      |
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| Ratio                      of earnings                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |                                         |   |                              |   |                           |   |                          |   |                             |   |                               |
|                         to fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 2.71                                         |   | 3.33                              |   | 3.19                           |   | 2.28                          |   | 0.02                             |   | 3.07                               |
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| Amount                      of deficiency in years                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |                                         |   |                              |   |                           |   |                          |   |                             |   |                               |
|                         where ratio is less than 1 to 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | **                                           |   | **                                |   | **                             |   | **                            |   | 26,597                           | *      | **                                 |
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| *                      The nine months ended December 31, 2001 includes charges for                      impairment of                      goodwill and intangible assets of $34,458 and                      restructuring charges of $9,666. Excluding these charges and                      the taxes                      related to them, the ratio of earnings to fixed charges would                      have been                      1.13 to 1. |
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| **                      Not applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |                                         |   |                              |   |                           |   |                          |   |                             |   |                               |