08/14/2007 - First six months 2007: Süd-Chemie continues successful performance

- Sales up 14% and operating profit (EBIT) up 64% compared to the first half year 2006
- Net income rose 68%
- Marked rise in positive outlook for the full year 2007

Successful first six months 2007

Süd-Chemie Group has continued its successful performance during the first six months of 2007, achieving significant increases in sales and profits as well as net income.

Süd-Chemie Group sales rose by €64.3 million or 13.7% compared with the first half of 2006 to reach €533.0 million. The increase in sales was due mainly to a sharp rise in the demand for Süd-Chemie´s catalysts for refineries and petrochemicals in the Catalysts Division.

Operating profit (EBIT) rose by €20.6 million or 63.7% to €52.9 million. This positive performance was driven largely by higher plant utilization due to rising sales in the Catalysts Division, as well as higher selling prices. The Adsorbents Division also reported a positive earnings performance.

Profit for the first six months of 2007 reached almost the same level (€24.8 million) as in the first half of 2006 (€25.1 million). Account should however be taken of the fact that the interim profit reported in 2006 included a positive earnings contribution of €10.3 million accruing from the sale of the Pet Products Business Unit. Adjusted for this effect, the consolidated interim profit rose by €10.0 million, 67.6% higher than the 2006 figure.

Optimistic outlook for the full year 2007

Süd-Chemie Group will significantly exceed its Group targets previously forecast for the 2007 financial year which anticipated revenue of approx. €1.05 billion and a rise in profit from operations (EBIT) at least of 10% compared with 2006. Following a successful performance during the first six months, consolidated Group revenue of approx. €1.1 billion is expected for the full year of 2007 and a Group EBIT increase of some 20% compared with 2006.

The detailed interim report is available in German and English, whereby both versions maybe downloaded from the internet at http://www.sud-chemie.com .

Munich, 14 August 2007

Enquiries to:

Süd-Chemie AG
Patrick Salchow
Head of Corporate Public Relations
Tel. +49 (0) 89 5110-250
patrick.salchow@sud-chemie.com

Statements relating to future events

This report contains statements relating to future events based on current estimates made by the management with respect to prospective developments. Such statements are subject to uncertainties and risks which Süd-Chemie is neither able to control nor accurately assess, including for instance future market conditions and the economic environment, the behaviour of other market participants or governmental measures. Should any one of these or other uncertain or imponderable factors take effect, or should assumptions on which the statements are based prove to be incorrect, the actual results may differ significantly from those explicitly defined or implicitly contained in these statements. Süd-Chemie neither intends nor undertakes a specific obligation to update statements relating to future events in order to adjust these in line with events or developments occurring after the date of this report.

About Süd-Chemie

Süd-Chemie AG (www.sud-chemie.com) is a publicly quoted (Security Identification Number (WKN): 729 200), independent specialty chemical company headquartered in Munich, Germany and operating on a worldwide scale. Key markets served by its Adsorbents Division include the consumer-goods, packaging and foundry industries, as well as the paper and plastics industries. Products manufactured by the Catalysts Division offer solutions for water treatment, petro-chemicals processing, energy storage and hydrogen production, as well as off-gas purification. The common denominator of all its products and innovations is the efficient and sparing use of natural resources to enhance the quality of life for humans and the environment. Süd-Chemie Group employs approx.5,000 people at its 70 sales and production sites worldwide. Süd-Chemie is celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2007.