GFS Chemicals - Innovation and Commercialization through Chemistry - Specialty Organic Chemical Manufacturing

1. GFS Chemicals, Inc. Innovation and Commercialization through Chemistry ISO 9001:2008 Certified

2. GFS Corporate Story Supporting Major Industry Around the Globe Flexible Production Capabilities for over 80 years Batch Manufacturing for R&D through Commercialization Organic and Inorganic Manufacturing Expertise Semi-Custom Chemistry to Meet Customer Specifications Problem Solving Chemists Complement Your Project Team Manufacturing High Quality Chemicals up to metric tons Exceedingly Responsive to Customer Inquiries Achieving Accurate and Reliable Production Deadlines

3. Steel Hutchinson President, GFS Chemicals

4. Industries Served Environmental Semiconductor Pharmaceutical Flavor & Fragrance Superconductivity Petrochemical Agricultural Automotive Defense Biotechnology Power and Energy (Fuel Cells, Batteries, etc)

5. Industries Served Environmental Semiconductor Pharmaceutical Flavor & Fragrance Superconductivity Petrochemical Agricultural Automotive Defense Biotechnology Power and Energy (Fuel Cells, Batteries, etc)

6. Industries Served Electronics Chemicals Aerospace Polymers Coatings Catalysts Optics Contract Manufacturing Water treatment and Analysis Beverage/Dairy Quality Control Laboratories

7. Industries Served Electronics Chemicals Aerospace Polymers Coatings Catalysts Optics Contract Manufacturing Water treatment and Analysis Beverage/Dairy Quality Control Laboratories

8. Innovation and Growth 1928 1940’s 1960’s 1970’s 1980’s Founded, Columbus Ohio. Perchlorate salts defined early business Development of trace metal acids (ppt grade acid) Acquisition of Karl Fischer product line Rare Earth products introduced (CAN) Development of heteroaromatic ligands Collaboration on first chrome etchants

9. Innovation and Growth 1990’s 1997 1997 2001 2003 Heavy acquisition period includes quaternary salts, sodium biphenyl & Farchan acetylenics Perchloric acid plant built ($2.5M US) Aquisition of APS Analytical Standards for turbidimeters, colorimeters and spectrophotomers New organic production facility built ($3.5M US) ISO 9000 certification

10. Innovation and Growth 2004 2007 2008 2009 2010 Perchloric Acid expansion Inorganic and Organic research labs built UDRI Chrome IV Replacement Project Purchase of Catalog Distribution Center, Private Labelling Operation and Laboratory Reagents Manufacturing Beta Phase Tri-Calcium Phosphate - Artificial Bone Scaffold SOCMA Chem Steward Tier II Certification Ammonia Borane Manufacturing Partnership

13. Organic Manufacturing Leaders in the development and commercialization of specialty alkynes and derivatives

14. Product Offering GFS Chemicals remains focused on a core set of synthetic methodologies In support of alkyne production, we offer down stream intermediates such as olefins, heteroaromatics and heterocycles We offer over 2000 organic chemicals in our product base

16. Aminations

17. Reductions (Birch, trans)

19. Chlorinations

21. Core Synthetic Chemistry Organometallic Chemistry Grignard Alkyl lithium Coupling (Suzuki, Stille, Negishi, Kumada) Heck Reaction LI/NA Amide Cis-reductions

22. Core Synthetic Structures Alkynes Aromatic Terminal Internal Alcohols Ketones Acids Conjugated Olefins Cis/trans En-yne Cyclic Grignards Vinyl Aryl Alkyl

24. Quinolines

25. Indoles

26. Pyrimidines

27. Bipyridines

28. Phenanthrolines

30. Birch Reductions

31. Halogenation

32. Dehydrohalogenation

33. Alkylation(NH3 or other)

34. Sonogashira Reactions

35. Kumada Couplings

36. Cadiot-Chodkiewicz

37. Suzuki CouplingDiels-Alder Synthesis Trans Reductions(NH3) Barbier Reaction Skraup Synthesis Heck Reaction Grignard/Alkyl Lithium Synthesis Finklestein Reaction Phase Transfer

38. Kilo Lab Operations Multiple bench top operation Glassware up to 72 L scale Distillation support up to 50L scale Short path Bench Strip Rotary Evaporators Long path 18” to 48” packed columns Stainless, Hastelloy, Ceramic packing

40. 10 gal – 200 gal Stainless

41. Distillation Support

42. Rotary Evaporator

43. 30 gal – 50 gal glass lined steel distillation pots

44. 4’ to 12’ columns

46. 100-1000 gal Glass

47. 200-1000 gal Stainless

48. Distillation support

49. Short path

50. 50 gal-500 gal glass lined

51. Long path

52. 4’ to 16’ column

53. Stainless, Hastelloy, Glass packing

54. Solids Handling

56. Ammonia,liq.

57. Alkyllithium

58. Carbon disulfide

59. Chloroformates

60. Chlorosulfonic acid

61. Epichlorohydrin

62. Ethylene oxide

63. BromineLithium amide Lithium metal Magnesium Sodium amide Sodium hydride Sodium metal Trialkylsilanes Iodine Hydrogen Chloride

64. Robust Distillation Capabilities Increased capacity: Single pass distillation Fractional distillation High vacuum capability Wiped film distillation for heat-sensitive compounds Extensive glass equipment for handling corrosives Low trace metal impurities

65. Inorganic Bulk Manufacturing U.S. Based Inorganic Product Development and Manufacturing

66. Inorganic Specialties Perchloric acid & Salts Ceric Ammonium Nitrate (Etchants & Catalysis) Purified compounds for metal complexes Ultra dry salts for moisture sensitive applications Rare Earths, Lithium, Sodium and Magnesium salts & solutions Precious metal ion exchange resins

67. Bulk Inorganic Salts Nitrates Sulfates Chlorides Perchlorates Carbonates Periodates Oxalates Acetates Formates Phosphates Citrates

68. GFS Catalog Operations 70,000 Sq Ft. Operation, Manufacturing and Distribution Center Repack and Fulfillment Center Private Label Operation Amco Clear Water Analysis Division Bottling Operations Quality Control Labs Manufacturing and Sourcing over 4000 Analytical Reagents

69. Specialty Inorganics Rubrene (OLED & Dye) Anhydrous Cerous Chloride (Fuel Cell & Grignard Initiator) Hydroxyquinoline, Aluminum Salt (OLED) Polyoxometalate complexes

70. Bulk Inorganics Lithium Perchlorate (Battery Electrolyte & Organic Catalyst) Lithium Carbonate, 99.998% (Lithium Crystals & Organic Catalyst) Lithium Iodide (Battery Electrolyte & Organic Catalyst Precious Metal Salts (Silver Nitrate) Ammonium Borane (OSU & EBA &D)

72. HPLC

73. GC (multiple)

74. GC/MS

75. UV/Vis

76. Karl Fischer

77. FTIR

78. Melting & Boiling Point

79. pH & Conductivity

80. CoulometricKarl Fischer

81. Volumetric Karl Fischer

82. Ion Chromatography

83. ICP

85. Dry Room Capabilities < 1% Relative Humidity - 45° C Dew Point Customized anhydrous material handling Custom packaging capabilities Supporting materials < 100 ppm H2O Designed for Battery Grade and Fuel Cell Grade materials

86. Customer Metrics Inventory Availability Lead Time Accuracy Product Quality Timely Delivery Product Information/Knowledge Customer Satisfaction

87. International Operations Sourcing Operations in Beijing China Serving over 80 countries worldwide www.GFSInternational.com Japanese German French Spanish