Lubrizol Personal Care Enhances Market Focus Malte Ruffing promoted to global hair care marketing manager

CLEVELAND, August 23, 2012 - The Lubrizol Corporation announces the promotion of Malte Ruffing to global marketing manager, hair care. Ruffing, who brings more than 10 years of technical, sales, and marketing experience in the business to his new role, joins Marie Ollagnier and Timothy Roach as part of the marketing team responsible for setting long-term growth strategies for the hair care, skin care, and bath and shower markets respectively. These changes will enhance Lubrizol`s ability to focus on end use market trends and unmet needs, accelerate product innovation, and define the long-term strategies that will drive the business.

In his new position, Ruffing will lead strategy development and implementation to drive profitable growth in Lubrizol`s hair care ingredients business, which includes leading global brands such as Carbopol rheology modifiers, MerquatTM and SensomerTM conditioning polymers, and FixateTM styling polymers. Based out of Frankfurt, Germany, he will work closely with the R&D, product platform and sales teams around the world to lead innovative growth programs based on new products, formulated solutions and focused sales development.

Vince Misiti, global business director, personal care says "The addition of Malte to our team not only completes a very strong global marketing team, but also enhances our overall leadership in the personal care business. The team`s broad and complementary skill sets will enable us to provide innovative and valuable solutions to make our customers more successful."

About The Lubrizol Corporation The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is an innovative specialty chemical company that produces and supplies technologies to customers 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 owns and operates manufacturing facilities in 17 countries, as well as sales and technical offices around the world. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol has approximately 7,000 employees worldwide. Revenues for 2011 were $6.1billion. For more information, visit http://www.lubrizol.com.

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Media Contact Amy Dolzine Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc. 9911 Brecksville Road, Brecksville, Ohio, 44141 216-447-6117 Website: http://www.lubrizol.com/personalcare

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