FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 2006

Contact: Judy Makowski FlowGuard GoldŽ Pipe & Fittings (216) 447-7392 -or- Eileen Petridis Robert Falls & Co. Public Relations (216) 696-0229

FLOWGUARD GOLD^® PIPE & FITTINGS
ADDS NEW FIELD SALES REPRESENTATIVE IN WESTERN FLORIDA

CLEVELAND, OH– Marvin D. Siple joins Noveon as a FlowGuard Gold^® CPVC Pipe & Fittings field sales consultant. He is responsible for creating awareness and developing primary demand for FlowGuard Gold CPVC water distribution systems for residential and commercial applications in western Florida.

Siple comes to FlowGuard Gold CPVC Pipe & Fittings with more than 15 years of sales experience, his last 10 spent as a manufacturers’ representative serving the plumbing and mechanical industries. He is active in the local ASPE and PHCC chapters and has extensive experience designing and providing product application and installation training programs for builders, plumbers and distributors. He holds an associate’s degree from St. Petersburg College.

Siple will be based in Clearwater, Fla.

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FlowGuard Gold^® is a registered trademark of The Lubrizol Corporation.

The Lubrizol Corporation (NYSE: LZ) is an innovative specialty chemical company that produces and supplies technologies that improve the quality and performance of our customers’ products in the global transportation, industrial and consumer markets. These technologies include lubricant additives for engine oils, other transportation-related fluids and industrial lubricants, as well as fuel additives for gasoline and diesel fuel. In addition, Lubrizol makes ingredients and additives for personal care products and pharmaceuticals; specialty materials, including plastics technology and performance coatings in the form of specialty resins and additives. Lubrizol’s industry-leading technologies in additives, ingredients and compounds enhance the quality, performance and value of customers’ products, while reducing their environmental impact.

With headquarters in Wickliffe, Ohio, The Lubrizol Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, owns and operates manufacturing facilities in 20 countries, as well as sales and technical offices around the world. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol has approximately 6,900 employees worldwide. Revenues for 2005 were $3.6 billion, excluding operations discontinued in 2006 that had 2005 revenues of $0.4 billion.  For more information, visit www.lubrizol.com.