Offers Clear, Durable and Dishwasher-safe Option for Restaurants and Bars

Kingsport, Tenn. — March 23, 2009 — Eastman Chemical Company announced today that Polar Plastech, Inc., a high-end plastic technology company, has introduced an innovative plastic beverage system, Polar Pitcher®, made with Eastman Tritan™ copolyester. Tritan™, a new-generation copolyester, balances the properties of clarity, dishwasher durability, toughness, and stain and odor resistance. Tritan™ is also manufactured without bisphenol-A (BPA).

Polar Pitcher® is a 60-ounce clear plastic beverage pitcher with a built-in cooling cylinder that holds ice and keeps beverages chilled in a sanitary manner without dilution or contamination.

“We saw a need for beverage pitchers that offered a sanitary way to keep beverages cold over an extended period of time,” said Steve Roberts, president of Polar Plastech. “With that in mind, we needed a material that upheld our safety and sanitation standards, as well as offered a durable product.”

Polar Plastech will begin producing Polar Pitcher® with Eastman Tritan™ copolyester in April 2009. The pitchers were previously produced by using polycarbonate and styrenic terpolymer. Polar Plastech switched to Tritan™ because of its high-heat and chemical resistance, allowing it to withstand continued dishwashing and day-to-day use by commercial bars and restaurants. Additionally, because Tritan™ is odor- and stain-resistant, it provides a safe, sanitary pitcher, allowing it to be certified by the National Sanitation Foundation.

“As many of our customers are bars and restaurants, we needed the pitchers to be dishwasher-safe and long-lasting,” Roberts said. “And, because many times Polar Pitcher® will be used in outdoor seating and pool areas, it was important the pitchers were durable and shatter-resistant.”

Polar Pitcher® is currently marketed to on-premise customers, such as bars and restaurants, and will be marketed to at-home users, hotels and motels in the future. On-premise pitchers are produced in clear plastic and can be customized with a label. Polar Plastech plans to offer Polar Pitcher® to the at-home user in fresh colors, such as ice blue, cool grape and wintergreen.

For more information about Eastman Tritan™ copolyester, visit www.eastman.com/tritan.
For more information about Polar Pitcher®, visit www.polarpitcher.com.

About Eastman Chemical Company
Eastman manufactures and markets chemicals, fibers and plastics worldwide. It provides key differentiated coatings, adhesives and specialty plastics products; is a major supplier of cellulose acetate fibers; and produces PET polymers for packaging. As a Responsible Care® company, Eastman is committed to achieving the highest standards of health, safety, environmental and security performance. Founded in 1920 and headquartered in Kingsport, Tenn., Eastman is a
FORTUNE 500 company with 2008 sales of $6.7 billion and approximately 10,500 employees.

About Polar Plastech
Polar Plastech, based in Odessa, Fla., is a high-end plastic technology and intellectual property company. The company designed the Polar Pitcher® beverage cooling system because no one likes to drink warm pitchers of beer. Polar Pitcher® offers a sanitary, easy-to-use way of keeping chilled beverages, such as draft beer, ice cold without contamination from ice.

For more information about Eastman and its products, visit www.eastman.com or contact Lucy Stewart, global trade media relations, at +1-423-229-4229 or globalmediarelations@eastman.com.