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Registration document 2007 - Total.com

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Electroplating<br />

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Business overview<br />

Specialties<br />

Atotech, which en<strong>com</strong>passes TOTAL’s electroplating activities, is<br />

the second largest <strong>com</strong>pany in this market, based on worldwide<br />

sales (1) . Its activity is divided between the electronics and the<br />

general metal finishing sectors.<br />

In 2006, sales grew by approximately 19% <strong>com</strong>pared to 2005,<br />

after increasing by 7% in 2005 <strong>com</strong>pared to 2004. Electroplating<br />

activity benefited from the growth of the electronic industry in<br />

Asia and also from strong demand for general metal finishing.<br />

In 2006, Atotech strengthened its general metal finishing activities<br />

by acquiring the shares of Kunz GmbH (Germany), a <strong>com</strong>pany<br />

specialized in anti-corrosion coating technologies intended for<br />

automotive uses.<br />

Atotech also expanded the production capacity of its Neuruppin<br />

(Germany) and Guangzhou (China) plants and <strong>com</strong>missioned a<br />

new industrial <strong>com</strong>plex that <strong>com</strong>bines both manufacturing and<br />

technical center facilities at Jang-An (South Korea).<br />

(1) According to Company data.<br />

TOTAL – <strong>Registration</strong> Document 2006

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