Create value by (1) Optimizing our chemical businesses, by controlling costs and managing capacity, and (2) Developing new products and businesses. Cash generated by the first is invested in the second. Competencies Expertise in (1) Making and handling fine particles, such as carbons, mixed oxides, refractory metals and aerosols; (2) Modifying the surfaces of very fine particles, such as silicas, color pigments and catalysts; and (3) Designing particle-media composites for specific properties, such as color, dispersion stability, charge generation, electrochemical behavior and insulation.