Juergen Trimbach

Mr. Juergen Trimbach Hansen & Rosenthal Group Am Sandtorkai 64 Hamburg Germany 21465 Email: juergen.trimbach@hur.de Biographical Sketch: Born 1953 in Hammelburg (Bavaria, independant part of Germany, may be like Texas, but higher mountains). Married, two children. Visited the school in Cologne (direct part of Germany, no mountains). Chemical engineer, study in Aachen. Worked with Bayer for approx. 30 years till 2004. I was e. g. responsable for the installation of new production plants worldwide for Sulfenamides, was part of the team to develop and install NdBR in Germany, was product manager for powder rubber, later for Butadiene rubbers (especially SSBR). Since 2004 I´m working for Hansen & Rosenthal as the global product manager for process oils (plasticizers for the rubber industry are a very important part of this business). Since January this year I´m also head of R&D in the company.