The following report is from a survey of 1,065 plastics professionals on how they research resins and equivalent plastics. The survey was conducted by IDES on November 30, 2006. Results were published on December 4, 2006.

1. On average, how many hours per week do you spend researching plastic materials?   Response Percent     < 1 hour 22.3%     1-4 hours 51.2%     5-9 hours 14.6%     10 hours + 11.8%

2. On average, how many individual projects that require plastics research do you undertake in a month?   Response Percent     0 3%     1 21%     2 23.7%     3 19.3%     5 18.5%     10 or more 14.4%

3. In which quarter of the calendar year do you tend to perform the most plastics research?   Response Percent     Q1 (Jan-Mar) 4.8%     Q2 (Apr-Jun) 6.9%     Q3 (Jul-Sep) 6.3%     Q4 (Oct-Dec) 5.4%     Equal in each quarter 76.6%

4. How many projects per year require you to find an alternative resin?   Response Percent     0 7.3%     1 10.5%     2 18.5%     3 18.2%     5 20.4%     10 13.2%     20 or more 11.9%

5. What are the reasons for you to look for alternative resins?   Response Percent     The plastic material we were using was discontinued 7.2%     We’re always trying to find lower cost plastics 31.8%     Searching for plastics with improved characteristics 44.8%     Not applicable. We don’t search for alternative resins. 5.4%     *Other 10.7%   *Answers to 'Other' included:   Find similar grades available in other geographic regions   Looking for new products/plastics   Replace with metal materials

6. How do you currently look for alternative resins?   Response Percent     Manage a spreadsheet of offset plastics 5.2%     Contact my distributor(s) 20.4%     Contact the supplier 27.3%     Search the web 42%     Not applicable. We don’t search for alternative resins 5.1%

7. Have you ever taken advantage of a free trial to Prospector Alternative Resins Search?   Response Percent     Yes 30.9%     No 69.1%

8. During your free trial to Prospector with Alternative Resins Search, were you able to locate possible offset grades of plastic?   Response Percent     Yes 82.6%     No 17.4%

9. How would you rate your free Prospector trial experience?   Response Percent     1 Not Pleased 2.4%     2 5.9%     3 28.7%     4 33.2%     Very Pleased 5 29.8%