Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ROC), a global producer of specialty chemicals and advanced materials, will participate in the Deutsche Bank 2012 Global Auto Industry Conference in Detroit, Michigan. Seifi Ghasemi, chairman and chief executive officer of Rockwood, will make a presentation on the company's strategy and diversified portfolio of businesses, on Wednesday, January 11 at 11:00 am.

A listen-only, live webcast link for the presentation along with the PowerPoint file will be available at www.rocksp.com. Following the conference, the webcast and PowerPoint file will be archived on Rockwood's website.

Rockwood Holdings, Inc. is a leading global specialty chemicals and advanced materials company. Rockwood has a worldwide employee base of approximately 9,700 people and annual net sales of approximately $3.2 billion. Rockwood focuses on global niche segments of the specialty chemicals, pigments and additives and advanced materials markets. For more information on Rockwood, please visit www.rocksp.com.

Rockwood Holdings, Inc.
Timothy McKenna, 609-734-6430
tmckenna@rocksp.com