KINGSPORT, Tenn., July 31, 2007 -- – Eastman Chemical Company announces the commercialization of EastaPure DE solvent, the latest product to be included in the family of EastaPure products. EastaPure DE is a very polar, slow-evaporating, water-miscible solvent, providing low trace metals content for use in sensitive electronic applications. Excellent for use in bulk or residual photoresist removal formulations, EastaPure DE is ideal for use in semiconductor chip and flat panel displays manufacturing where high purity (low trace metals) is vital.

"This commercialization demonstrates our continuing commitment to the semiconductor industry," says Mike Quillen, advanced technical representative at Eastman. "We are continuing to provide innovative solutions to an electronics market that possesses a growing need for high purity chemicals and solvents."

With the advent of the information age, the electronics markets has exploded into new horizons and with them have come new needs to address increasingly complex and sensitive components. EastaPure DE is expanding the EastaPure line to meet new generations of resists and challenges in the ever changing electronics manufacturing realm by exhibiting high solvency, high stability, low volatility, high rinseability and complete solubility in water.

Eastman serves the electronics industry with its EastaPure family of high purity chemicals for processing semiconductor chips. Visit Eastman’s Web site at www.eastapure.com for more information about the EastaPure family of products.