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Croda, Stepan, Unilever Executives Join SDA Board

WASHINGTON, DC - February 5, 2007 - Executives from Croda Inc., Stepan Co. and Unilever are the newest members of The Soap and Detergent Association (SDA) Board of Directors.

At its meeting during SDA's 81st Annual Meeting and Industry Convention in Boca Raton, Florida, the full Board elected:

• Kevin F. Gallagher, President, Croda Inc
• John V. Venegoni, Vice President and General Manager - Surfactants, Stepan Company.
• William Littlefield, Vice President and General Manager of Laundry - Unilever US.

The current term of the new Board members lasts through January 2008.

In other actions, the Board re-elected the Association's officers for 2007:

• Chair - George D. Calvert, Vice President, Research and Development/Quality Assurance at Ada, Michigan-based Access Business Group, a division of Alticor, Inc.
• Vice Chair - Frank Sherman, President and General Manager, Surfactants, Akzo Nobel.
• President - Ernie Rosenberg, SDA President & CEO.
• Treasurer - Robert Bartlett, Global Sales Manager, Bradford Soap Works.
• Corporate Secretary - Michelle Radecki, SDA General Counsel.

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The Soap and Detergent Association (www.cleaning101.com), the Home of the U.S. Cleaning Product and Oleochemical IndustriesSM, is the non-profit trade association representing manufacturers of household, industrial, and institutional cleaning products, their ingredients and finished packaging; oleochemical producers; and chemical distributors to the cleaning product industry. SDA members produce more than 90 percent of the cleaning products marketed in the U.S. The SDA is located at 1500 K Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20005.

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