GASTONIA, North Carolina, November 26, 2001 -- FMC Lithium announced today that it has selected ChemPoint.com to be the primary sales and supply chain channel for its small and medium sized customers of lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, and lithium hypochlorite in North America. ChemPoint, a leading "e-distributor" of specialty and fine chemicals, is FMC Lithium’s exclusive North American e-distributor for these products and customer segments.

"FMC Lithium continues to seek innovative ways to bolster the strong value propositions we have created and maintained within our product offerings and technical expertise," remarked Victor Maurtua, FMC Lithium Primary Products Group Sales & Marketing Director. "Over the past 60 years, we have invested a tremendous amount of resources in the research and development of lithium compounds, which has provided a knowledge base that is “second to none” in the industry. We identified ChemPoint as the best distribution channel to properly service and maintain the smaller, entrepreneurial customer who is developing innovative products involving lithium-based technology. With ChemPoint's team of technical experts performing highly personalized, yet cost-effective customer service, we feel confident that our customers will receive the highest level of service available," stated Vic Maurtua.

"ChemPoint is proud to have the FMC Lithium product lines join our portfolio of world-class specialty products," says Chad Steigers, ChemPoint.com Managing Director. "They are the leader in lithium chemicals. Both their quality and breadth of product lines set industry benchmarks and we look forward to the opportunity to provide an equally high degree of technical assistance, customer service, and responsiveness to lithium product buyers in North America."