Sale of Business

Croda International PLC
24 September 2002







Croda International Plc

Sale of Business



Croda International Plc is pleased to announce the sale of its solvent recovery
business to Solvent Research Management Ltd.  The business is located in
Knottingley, West Yorkshire and employs 70 people.



Solvent recovery is one of the non-core business areas from which Croda
announced its withdrawal in June of this year.



For further information please contact:-


Mike Humphrey (Croda International Plc)                            01405 860551
Charlie Armitstead (Financial Dynamics)                            020 7269 7182








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