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TRACERCO the BusinessTracerco is a business division of Johnson Matthey Plc, a UK FTSE

100 company with a true global presence and sales in excess of

$8 billion per annum.

Tracerco is a world-leading provider of advanced tracer systems to

the entire hydrocarbon supply chain, from crude oil to consumer

fuels. With over 40 years experience in the market and over 150

highly specialised scientists and technicians, the TRACERCO Taggant

solution provided by Tracerco can help you in your anti-adulteration,

brand protection, quality assurance or anti-theft programme.

Fuel Biofuels Solvents Crude

How secure is the fuelin your supply chain?

Fuel Biofuels Solvents Crude

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TRACERCO the BusinessTracerco is a business division of Johnson Matthey Plc, a UK FTSE

100 company with a true global presence and sales in excess of

$8 billion per annum.

Tracerco is a world-leading provider of advanced tracer systems to

the entire hydrocarbon supply chain, from crude oil to consumer

fuels. With over 40 years experience in the market and over 150

highly specialised scientists and technicians, the TRACERCO Taggant

solution provided by Tracerco can help you in your anti-adulteration,

brand protection, quality assurance or anti-theft programme.

Fuel Biofuels Solvents Crude

How secure is the fuelin your supply chain?

Fuel Biofuels Solvents Crude

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The TRACERCO F-Tag series is a range of unique, sophisticated,

organic molecular markers that are added to consumer fuels, such as

gasoline, diesel and biofuels (such as biodiesel and bioethanol) at ultra

trace levels. These molecular markers, also known as tracers, have

been designed and engineered in such a way that they have no impact

on fuel quality itself or its performance in the vehicle engine, whilst still

providing the customer with the level of security they require.

The range of available TRACERCO F-Tag molecular markers allows

the customer to choose their preferred analytical platform: either

laboratory based analysis; mobile (vehicle) based analysis or;

portable (handheld) analysis.

All of the molecular markers within the TRACERCO F-Tag range

have virtually identical chemical and physical properties to the fuels

to which they are added are environmentally friendly, safe to handle

and provide no additional toxicity to the fuel. The molecular markers

are highly stable and secure within the fuel, which means that they

cannot be removed by any treatment including: chemical (acid and /

or alkali washing); thermal (freezing or boiling without destroying the

fuel) and; physical (molecular sieve and carbon filters).

The TRACERCO F-Tag solutions are utilised by our customers in

three main areas:

Brand Protection

TRACERCO F-Tag is used in brand protection when a customer,

typically offering a superior product within a particular consumer

market, suspects that the fuels they are supplying are being

adulterated (blended with) an inferior hydrocarbon product. This

inferior product could be a lower quality fuel or indeed an industrial

solvent, but the effects are the same in reducing the performance, or

the perceived performance, of the fuel in the eyes of the customer.

The erosion of consumer confidence can lead to a significant

reduction in product sales, potentially, significantly affecting market

share and profitability.

Utilising a TRACERCO F-Tag solution, the fuel supplier can quickly

and precisely determine if the fuel has been adulterated with an

inferior product, either substandard fuel or an industrial solvent.

Fuel is the lifeblood of theeconomy dont let it drip away,secure it with TRACERCO F-Tag

TRACERCO Taggants

Over 40 years operating in the hydrocarbon supply chain, Tracerco

has researched, developed, manufactured and supplied a range of

sophisticated tracers and advanced analytical technology platforms to

meet our customers product authentication requirements we call

these products our TRACERCO Taggants.

Our TRACERCO Taggants range of molecular markers are unique,

covert organic molecules specifically designed and engineered to

meet the precise requirements of our customers. The sophisticated

analytical platforms used to detect the tracers can be laboratory,

mobile or portable based.

TRACERCO Taggants

TRACERCO F-Tag

Suitable for gasoline, diesel and biofuels

Used as part of brand protection,

anti-adulteration or anti-theft programmes

Added at ultra trace levels to fuels

Various detection capabilities

Able to detect below 2% product

adulteration or dilution

TRACERCO S-Tag

Suitable for all industrial solvents

No impact on legitimate solvent use such

as paints, perfumes etc.

Added at ultra trace levels to the solvent

Various detection capabilities

Able to detect below 2% product

adulteration or dilution

TRACERCO C-Tag

Suitable for crude oil

Used as part of anti-theft or

anti-bunkering programmes

Added at ultra trace levels

to the crude oil

Various detection capabilities

Able to detect presence of tagged crude

down to below 2%

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The TRACERCO F-Tag series is a range of unique, sophisticated,

organic molecular markers that are added to consumer fuels, such as

gasoline, diesel and biofuels (such as biodiesel and bioethanol) at ultra

trace levels. These molecular markers, also known as tracers, have

been designed and engineered in such a way that they have no impact

on fuel quality itself or its performance in the vehicle engine, whilst still

providing the customer with the level of security they require.

The range of available TRACERCO F-Tag molecular markers allows

the customer to choose their preferred analytical platform: either

laboratory based analysis; mobile (vehicle) based analysis or;

portable (handheld) analysis.

All of the molecular markers within the TRACERCO F-Tag range

have virtually identical chemical and physical properties to the fuels

to which they are added are environmentally friendly, safe to handle

and provide no additional toxicity to the fuel. The molecular markers

are highly stable and secure within the fuel, which means that they

cannot be removed by any treatment including: chemical (acid and /

or alkali washing); thermal (freezing or boiling without destroying the

fuel) and; physical (molecular sieve and carbon filters).

The TRACERCO F-Tag solutions are utilised by our customers in

three main areas:

Brand Protection

TRACERCO F-Tag is used in brand protection when a customer,

typically offering a superior product within a particular consumer

market, suspects that the fuels they are supplying are being

adulterated (blended with) an inferior hydrocarbon product. This

inferior product could be a lower quality fuel or indeed an industrial

solvent, but the effects are the same in reducing the performance, or

the perceived performance, of the fuel in the eyes of the customer.

The erosion of consumer confidence can lead to a significant

reduction in product sales, potentially, significantly affecting market

share and profitability.

Utilising a TRACERCO F-Tag solution, the fuel supplier can quickly

and precisely determine if the fuel has been adulterated with an

inferior product, either substandard fuel or an industrial solvent.

Fuel is the lifeblood of theeconomy dont let it drip away,secure it with TRACERCO F-Tag

TRACERCO Taggants

Over 40 years operating in the hydrocarbon supply chain, Tracerco

has researched, developed, manufactured and supplied a range of

sophisticated tracers and advanced analytical technology platforms to

meet our customers product authentication requirements we call

these products our TRACERCO Taggants.

Our TRACERCO Taggants range of molecular markers are unique,

covert organic molecules specifically designed and engineered to

meet the precise requirements of our customers. The sophisticated

analytical platforms used to detect the tracers can be laboratory,

mobile or portable based.

TRACERCO Taggants

TRACERCO F-Tag

Suitable for gasoline, diesel and biofuels

Used as part of brand protection,

anti-adulteration or anti-theft programmes

Added at ultra trace levels to fuels

Various detection capabilities

Able to detect below 2% product

adulteration or dilution

TRACERCO S-Tag

Suitable for all industrial solvents

No impact on legitimate solvent use such

as paints, perfumes etc.

Added at ultra trace levels to the solvent

Various detection capabilities

Able to detect below 2% product

adulteration or dilution

TRACERCO C-Tag

Suitable for crude oil

Used as part of anti-theft or

anti-bunkering programmes

Added at ultra trace levels

to the crude oil

Various detection capabilities

Able to detect presence of tagged crude

down to below 2%

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Fiscal Marking

Most governments now utilise fuels, particularly consumer fuels,

as a source of taxation revenue and therefore, there tends to be a

significant difference between the price of fuels and the price of

industrial solvents such as benzene, toluene, kerosene and hexane.

This difference in price between the fuels and the industrial solvents

can lead to a form of adulteration, where the volume of fuel is

stretched by the addition of the solvents. This form of adulteration,

as well as having a significant negative impact on vehicle

performance, can also lead to a substantial amount of lost taxation

revenue to governments, which in turn leads to a significant decrease

in their ability to fund social programmes..

Tagging the fuel with a TRACERCO F-Tag enables the presence and

extent of adulteration to be accurately determined.

Blend Protection

A number of fuel suppliers are now producing and retailing both

standard and premium grade fuels for its customers. These premium

grade fuels provide the consumer with additional benefits, including

better vehicle performance and emissions, and are therefore priced

accordingly.

In some regions, suppliers of premium and standard fuels have

suspected that rogue distributors and retailers have been

substituting the premium grade with standard grade fuel, thus

carrying out a fraud against both the consumer and the producer.

By utilising a series of TRACERCO F-Tag molecular markers for each

blend, the presence and extent of blend switching can easily be

established and confirmed.

Tracerco has also developed a unique range of molecular markers,

called the TRACERCO S-Tag series that are able to be added at

ultra trace levels to industrial solvents such as benzene, kerosene,

toluene and hexane without having any impact on their legitimate

use in industry.

The TRACERCO S-Tag molecular markers have been designed so

that they can be detected at extremely low levels within fuels such

as gasoline and diesel, using either laboratory, mobile or portable

techniques of analysis.

All of the tracers within the TRACERCO S-Tag series are unique,

organic molecules that have similar physical and chemical properties

to the industrial solvent to which they are added and as a result,

have no impact on the solvents legitimate use, whether that is in

pharmaceuticals, plastics manufacture, paints or varnishes. The

TRACERCO S-Tag molecular markers have undergone extensive

testing to ensure that they not only have no effect on the product

but that they also have no impact on the processes in which the

solvents are legitimately used.

The molecular markers are complex, highly stable and cannot be

readily removed from the industrial solvent or the fuel (if it has been

adulterated) by physical, thermal or chemical treatment without

destroying the matrix of the fluid.

The TRACERCO S-Tag series offered by Tracerco is typically utilised

by government authorities that are dealing with fuel adulteration

arising from the addition of industrial solvents.

Fiscal Marking

As previously indicated, where there is a price difference between

fuels and industrial solvents, there is the incentive for rogue

elements to adulterate consumer fuels with these solvents. This

adulteration of the fuel leads to reduced fuel quality, reduced vehicle

performance and also to a significant taxation loss to the government.

In industrialised and developing countries, the volume of fuel in the

national inventory is typically between 10 and 20 times greater than

the industrial solvent inventory. Therefore, it is usually more cost

effective and easier to coordinate for a government to implement a

solvent tagging programme rather than a fuel tagging programme.

By tagging the industrial solvents with a series of

TRACERCO S-Tags and looking for their presence

in the consumer fuels, it not only enables

the authorities to establish the

presence and extent of fuel

adulteration, but can also allow

the source of the adulteration

to be established. This can

provide the necessary

evidence for the authorities

to prosecute and eliminate

the adulteration supply chain.

Adulteration of fuels with industrialsolvent is a major source of losttaxation revenue globally

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Fiscal Marking

Most governments now utilise fuels, particularly consumer fuels,

as a source of taxation revenue and therefore, there tends to be a

significant difference between the price of fuels and the price of

industrial solvents such as benzene, toluene, kerosene and hexane.

This difference in price between the fuels and the industrial solvents

can lead to a form of adulteration, where the volume of fuel is

stretched by the addition of the solvents. This form of adulteration,

as well as having a significant negative impact on vehicle

performance, can also lead to a substantial amount of lost taxation

revenue to governments, which in turn leads to a significant decrease

in their ability to fund social programmes..

Tagging the fuel with a TRACERCO F-Tag enables the presence and

extent of adulteration to be accurately determined.

Blend Protection

A number of fuel suppliers are now producing and retailing both

standard and premium grade fuels for its customers. These premium

grade fuels provide the consumer with additional benefits, including

better vehicle performance and emissions, and are therefore priced

accordingly.

In some regions, suppliers of premium and standard fuels have

suspected that rogue distributors and retailers have been

substituting the premium grade with standard grade fuel, thus

carrying out a fraud against both the consumer and the producer.

By utilising a series of TRACERCO F-Tag molecular markers for each

blend, the presence and extent of blend switching can easily be

established and confirmed.

Tracerco has also developed a unique range of molecular markers,

called the TRACERCO S-Tag series that are able to be added at

ultra trace levels to industrial solvents such as benzene, kerosene,

toluene and hexane without having any impact on their legitimate

use in industry.

The TRACERCO S-Tag molecular markers have been designed so

that they can be detected at extremely low levels within fuels such

as gasoline and diesel, using either laboratory, mobile or portable

techniques of analysis.

All of the tracers within the TRACERCO S-Tag series are unique,

organic molecules that have similar physical and chemical properties

to the industrial solvent to which they are added and as a result,

have no impact on the solvents legitimate use, whether that is in

pharmaceuticals, plastics manufacture, paints or varnishes. The

TRACERCO S-Tag molecular markers have undergone extensive

testing to ensure that they not only have no effect on the product

but that they also have no impact on the processes in which the

solvents are legitimately used.

The molecular markers are complex, highly stable and cannot be

readily removed from the industrial solvent or the fuel (if it has been

adulterated) by physical, thermal or chemical treatment without

destroying the matrix of the fluid.

The TRACERCO S-Tag series offered by Tracerco is typically utilised

by government authorities that are dealing with fuel adulteration

arising from the addition of industrial solvents.

Fiscal Marking

As previously indicated, where there is a price difference between

fuels and industrial solvents, there is the incentive for rogue

elements to adulterate consumer fuels with these solvents. This

adulteration of the fuel leads to reduced fuel quality, reduced vehicle

performance and also to a significant taxation loss to the government.

In industrialised and developing countries, the volume of fuel in the

national inventory is typically between 10 and 20 times greater than

the industrial solvent inventory. Therefore, it is usually more cost

effective and easier to coordinate for a government to implement a

solvent tagging programme rather than a fuel tagging programme.

By tagging the industrial solvents with a series of

TRACERCO S-Tags and looking for their presence

in the consumer fuels, it not only enables

the authorities to establish the

presence and extent of fuel

adulteration, but can also allow

the source of the adulteration

to be established. This can

provide the necessary

evidence for the authorities

to prosecute and eliminate

the adulteration supply chain.

Adulteration of fuels with industrialsolvent is a major source of losttaxation revenue globally

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Tracerco Approach

The TRACERCO C-Tag series is a range of unique organic molecular

markers that have been developed specifically for fingerprinting

crude oil. These molecular markers have been designed and

engineered such that they can be detected very accurately, at

extremely low levels within crude oil. The TRACERCO C-Tag

molecular markers have virtually the same physical and chemical

properties to crude oil and therefore cannot be removed from it

without destroying the crude itself.

To meet our customers requirements, there are a number of

different analytical platforms for detecting the TRACERCO C-Tags

including laboratory, mobile and portable based analysers.

All of the TRACERCO C-Tag molecular markers are unique,

organic compounds that are highly secure and stable within crude

such that they cannot be readily removed with chemical, thermal or

physical treatments.

The TRACERCO C-Tag technology is utilised as part of anti-theft,

anti-bunkering operations undertaken by crude oil producers and

transportation companies, as well as national governments trying to

eliminate crude oil theft.

Oil majors in 2003 were estimatedto be losing $4 million per day dueto crude theft in Nigeria alone!

Over the 40 years in which Tracerco has been serving the market, it

has become apparent that no single application for markers is the

same. That is why our approach to our customers problems is not to

prescribe a single technology platform that attempts to meet all the

different requirements and fails, but to listen to our customers and

develop a fully bespoke solution with them. This way, our customers

gain the functionality and security they require, which in turn,

establishes the confidence they need to implement the programme.

The Tracerco approach ensures that our customers acquire the best

possible solution to their marking requirements.

STAGE 1 Review Project Requirements

What are the customers goals

How best to fulfil goals

Turnkey solution

Technology transfer

Carry out initial compatibility/stability studies

STAGE 4 Field Trial

Determine success / failure criteria of

TRACERCO Taggant solution

Carry out in-field demonstration of technology

Evaluate field trial data

STAGE 5 Project Roll Out

Carry out any analytical Technology Transfer

Commence QA / QC programme

Start addition of TRACERCO Taggant

Start monitoring programme

STAGE 6 Customer Support & Project Assessment

Review success criteria

Identify ongoing customer needs

Technology updates

STAGE 2 Define Supply Chain

Outline proposed technical proposal

- Tracer & analytical procedure

Outline detection level and accuracy achievable

Outline cost of the programme

- Including any analytical costs

Establish roll-out timeframe

STAGE 3 Compatibility & Stability Testing

Extensive compatibility testing with customer

Extensive stability testing of TRACERCO Taggant

Carryout laboratory based performance testing

Establish supply chain for TRACERCO Taggant

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Tracerco Approach

The TRACERCO C-Tag series is a range of unique organic molecular

markers that have been developed specifically for fingerprinting

crude oil. These molecular markers have been designed and

engineered such that they can be detected very accurately, at

extremely low levels within crude oil. The TRACERCO C-Tag

molecular markers have virtually the same physical and chemical

properties to crude oil and therefore cannot be removed from it

without destroying the crude itself.

To meet our customers requirements, there are a number of

different analytical platforms for detecting the TRACERCO C-Tags

including laboratory, mobile and portable based analysers.

All of the TRACERCO C-Tag molecular markers are unique,

organic compounds that are highly secure and stable within crude

such that they cannot be readily removed with chemical, thermal or

physical treatments.

The TRACERCO C-Tag technology is utilised as part of anti-theft,

anti-bunkering operations undertaken by crude oil producers and

transportation companies, as well as national governments trying to

eliminate crude oil theft.

Oil majors in 2003 were estimatedto be losing $4 million per day dueto crude theft in Nigeria alone!

Over the 40 years in which Tracerco has been serving the market, it

has become apparent that no single application for markers is the

same. That is why our approach to our customers problems is not to

prescribe a single technology platform that attempts to meet all the

different requirements and fails, but to listen to our customers and

develop a fully bespoke solution with them. This way, our customers

gain the functionality and security they require, which in turn,

establishes the confidence they need to implement the programme.

The Tracerco approach ensures that our customers acquire the best

possible solution to their marking requirements.

STAGE 1 Review Project Requirements

What are the customers goals

How best to fulfil goals

Turnkey solution

Technology transfer

Carry out initial compatibility/stability studies

STAGE 4 Field Trial

Determine success / failure criteria of

TRACERCO Taggant solution

Carry out in-field demonstration of technology

Evaluate field trial data

STAGE 5 Project Roll Out

Carry out any analytical Technology Transfer

Commence QA / QC programme

Start addition of TRACERCO Taggant

Start monitoring programme

STAGE 6 Customer Support & Project Assessment

Review success criteria

Identify ongoing customer needs

Technology updates

STAGE 2 Define Supply Chain

Outline proposed technical proposal

- Tracer & analytical procedure

Outline detection level and accuracy achievable

Outline cost of the programme

- Including any analytical costs

Establish roll-out timeframe

STAGE 3 Compatibility & Stability Testing

Extensive compatibility testing with customer

Extensive stability testing of TRACERCO Taggant

Carryout laboratory based performance testing

Establish supply chain for TRACERCO Taggant

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Taxation losses wereestimated by thegovernment to bebetween $450-750million per annum

Background

Tracerco was approached by the ANP, the Brazilian government

agency responsible for the quality of fuels within the consumer

market, to develop and implement a national scale marker

programme as part of its wider fuel anti-adulteration programme.

Like most industrialised nations, the Brazilian government has a

taxation income from consumer fuels, which causes the price of the

gasoline and diesel to be higher than the price of other industrial

hydrocarbons, such as solvents. This price differential led to a significant

level of adulteration within the Brazilian fuel market, in particular the

addition of solvents to gasoline to stretch the fuel volume.

The adulteration of the gasoline led to a number of issues for the

Brazilian authorities, including:

A detrimental effect on automotive vehicle performance, both

short and long term;

A poorer urban air quality causing serious health issues;

Reduced consumer confidence in the overall fuel market.

However the biggest issue for the ANP was the significant loss in

taxation revenue, which was estimated by the government, to be

between $450 million and $750 million per annum.

Technology Implemented

Initially, the ANP had considered tagging the entire fuel inventory of

Brazil and determining the presence and extent of adulteration in the

fuel by measuring the decrease in the marker concentration. After a

thorough review with Tracerco, it became apparent that the ideal

solution was to tag the adulterant itself, the industrial solvents, as the

volume of solvent was approximately 20 times smaller than national

fuel inventory. Therefore, tagging the solvents was not only more cost

effective, it was far easier to implement and continue to support.

This approach also facilitated the ability to trace the origins of

adulterants within the supply chain.

TRACERCO Taggants Case Study 1Programme Details

Tracerco developed a laboratory-based solution from its TRACERCO

S-Tag series, which was able to utilise existing analytical equipment

within the ANP appointed laboratories in Brazil. By developing a

solution that used existing equipment, the need for capital

expenditure was eliminated. The TRACERCO S-Tag solution

developed, also allowed the origin of the solvent to be identified,

allowing the authorities to investigate the supply chain further.

Over 120 million litres of industrial solvents are tagged by Tracerco

each month. Analysis of the fuel samples taken is carried out by 8

laboratories across the whole of Brazil.

Outcome

There has been a large number of prosecutions carried out by the

Brazilian authorities across the whole of Brazil, where the presence

of the TRACERCO S-Tag has been used as forensic evidence to

confirm adulteration has occurred.

Within Brazil the authorities have witnessed a large decrease in the

extent of adulteration occurring in the consumer fuel market, which

has been underlined by a significant increase in the volume gasoline

sold and a decrease in solvent sales.

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Taxation losses wereestimated by thegovernment to bebetween $450-750million per annum

Background

Tracerco was approached by the ANP, the Brazilian government

agency responsible for the quality of fuels within the consumer

market, to develop and implement a national scale marker

programme as part of its wider fuel anti-adulteration programme.

Like most industrialised nations, the Brazilian government has a

taxation income from consumer fuels, which causes the price of the

gasoline and diesel to be higher than the price of other industrial

hydrocarbons, such as solvents. This price differential led to a significant

level of adulteration within the Brazilian fuel market, in particular the

addition of solvents to gasoline to stretch the fuel volume.

The adulteration of the gasoline led to a number of issues for the

Brazilian authorities, including:

A detrimental effect on automotive vehicle performance, both

short and long term;

A poorer urban air quality causing serious health issues;

Reduced consumer confidence in the overall fuel market.

However the biggest issue for the ANP was the significant loss in

taxation revenue, which was estimated by the government, to be

between $450 million and $750 million per annum.

Technology Implemented

Initially, the ANP had considered tagging the entire fuel inventory of

Brazil and determining the presence and extent of adulteration in the

fuel by measuring the decrease in the marker concentration. After a

thorough review with Tracerco, it became apparent that the ideal

solution was to tag the adulterant itself, the industrial solvents, as the

volume of solvent was approximately 20 times smaller than national

fuel inventory. Therefore, tagging the solvents was not only more cost

effective, it was far easier to implement and continue to support.

This approach also facilitated the ability to trace the origins of

adulterants within the supply chain.

TRACERCO Taggants Case Study 1Programme Details

Tracerco developed a laboratory-based solution from its TRACERCO

S-Tag series, which was able to utilise existing analytical equipment

within the ANP appointed laboratories in Brazil. By developing a

solution that used existing equipment, the need for capital

expenditure was eliminated. The TRACERCO S-Tag solution

developed, also allowed the origin of the solvent to be identified,

allowing the authorities to investigate the supply chain further.

Over 120 million litres of industrial solvents are tagged by Tracerco

each month. Analysis of the fuel samples taken is carried out by 8

laboratories across the whole of Brazil.

Outcome

There has been a large number of prosecutions carried out by the

Brazilian authorities across the whole of Brazil, where the presence

of the TRACERCO S-Tag has been used as forensic evidence to

confirm adulteration has occurred.

Within Brazil the authorities have witnessed a large decrease in the

extent of adulteration occurring in the consumer fuel market, which

has been underlined by a significant increase in the volume gasoline

sold and a decrease in solvent sales.

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TRACERCO Customers and Experience

Tracerco has over 40 years experience of working closely with

customers and developing fully bespoke solutions to meet their own

unique requirements.

In 2003, Tracerco was granted the much coveted BS EN ISO9001:2000

quality award from Lloyds Register Quality Assurance.

In recent years, Tracerco has gained further recognition both nationally

and internationally. In 2003, Tracerco was first awarded the Queens

Award for Enterprise: Innovation and in 2005, Tracerco was awarded its

second Queens Award for Enterprise, this time for International Trade.

Tracerco is focussed around a number of key business drivers:

Delivering high quality solutions to our customers,

on-time, every time;

Ensuring all of our staff are suitably trained and carry out their

responsibilities in a safe and secure manner;

Continuously developing and bringing to market, novel, customer

driven innovations.

What enables Tracerco to deliver these objectives is its team of highly

skilled and motivated staff, underpinned by a robust business system.

TRACERCO Customers

Background

A government had developed an aggressive biofuels and in

particular, biodiesel implementation strategy to enable it to reduce

its long-term dependency on petroleum and also create jobs and

wealth in the rural community.

Technology Implemented

The strategy, coordinated with the fuel and motor vehicle industry,

involved setting an initial upper limit of 2% on the amount of biodiesel

to be blended with petroleum diesel. This upper limit would then be

replaced by a mandatory 2% of biodiesel in diesel by 2008, rising to

5% by 2013. This allows both the fuel and motor vehicle industry to

successfully adapt to the new biodiesel fuel entering into the market,

whilst promoting biodiesel production.

Alongside this blend strategy, the government implemented taxation

and subsidies to enable biodiesel producers to compete with

petroleum based diesel, including differentiated taxation regimes for

oilseed type, location of production and the organisation producing

the biodiesel.

TRACERCO Taggants Case Study 2

One key aspect of the implementation strategy was for the

government to test diesel in the consumer supply chain to ensure

that it didnt go above the 2% limit initially (and allow it to ensure it

was at the 2% level by 2008).

The government also wanted the ability to track the biodiesel in the

supply chain back to the producer, thus ensuring quality control and

subsidies were being adopted correctly.

Programme Details

This required Tracerco to develop a range of unique TRACERCO

Taggants so that each designated source had its own discrete tracer.

These TRACERCO Taggants are highly stable both in biodiesel and

petroleum diesel and have no impact on the fuels legitimate use.

Outcome

The scale of the biodiesel programme is huge with estimates

currently running at upto 2.4 billion litres per annum of biodiesel

requiring tagging by 2010.

Tracerco technology enables government to implement biodiesel strategy.

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TRACERCO Customers and Experience

Tracerco has over 40 years experience of working closely with

customers and developing fully bespoke solutions to meet their own

unique requirements.

In 2003, Tracerco was granted the much coveted BS EN ISO9001:2000

quality award from Lloyds Register Quality Assurance.

In recent years, Tracerco has gained further recognition both nationally

and internationally. In 2003, Tracerco was first awarded the Queens

Award for Enterprise: Innovation and in 2005, Tracerco was awarded its

second Queens Award for Enterprise, this time for International Trade.

Tracerco is focussed around a number of key business drivers:

Delivering high quality solutions to our customers,

on-time, every time;

Ensuring all of our staff are suitably trained and carry out their

responsibilities in a safe and secure manner;

Continuously developing and bringing to market, novel, customer

driven innovations.

What enables Tracerco to deliver these objectives is its team of highly

skilled and motivated staff, underpinned by a robust business system.

TRACERCO Customers

Background

A government had developed an aggressive biofuels and in

particular, biodiesel implementation strategy to enable it to reduce

its long-term dependency on petroleum and also create jobs and

wealth in the rural community.

Technology Implemented

The strategy, coordinated with the fuel and motor vehicle industry,

involved setting an initial upper limit of 2% on the amount of biodiesel

to be blended with petroleum diesel. This upper limit would then be

replaced by a mandatory 2% of biodiesel in diesel by 2008, rising to

5% by 2013. This allows both the fuel and motor vehicle industry to

successfully adapt to the new biodiesel fuel entering into the market,

whilst promoting biodiesel production.

Alongside this blend strategy, the government implemented taxation

and subsidies to enable biodiesel producers to compete with

petroleum based diesel, including differentiated taxation regimes for

oilseed type, location of production and the organisation producing

the biodiesel.

TRACERCO Taggants Case Study 2

One key aspect of the implementation strategy was for the

government to test diesel in the consumer supply chain to ensure

that it didnt go above the 2% limit initially (and allow it to ensure it

was at the 2% level by 2008).

The government also wanted the ability to track the biodiesel in the

supply chain back to the producer, thus ensuring quality control and

subsidies were being adopted correctly.

Programme Details

This required Tracerco to develop a range of unique TRACERCO

Taggants so that each designated source had its own discrete tracer.

These TRACERCO Taggants are highly stable both in biodiesel and

petroleum diesel and have no impact on the fuels legitimate use.

Outcome

The scale of the biodiesel programme is huge with estimates

currently running at upto 2.4 billion litres per annum of biodiesel

requiring tagging by 2010.

Tracerco technology enables government to implement biodiesel strategy.

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Tracerco is a truly global organisation, with office and operational bases

across the world serving our customers requirement for local service,

from a global brand.

Headquartered in the United Kingdom, Tracerco also has staff in all

continents ensuring that we can rapidly respond to customer questions

and queries at all levels.

Tracerco currently has either operational bases or offices in the

following locations:

Teesside (UK) Aberdeen (UK)

Houston (USA) Bergen (Norway)

Sarnia (Canada) Edmonton (Canada)

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Perth (Australia)

Milan (Italy) Oldenburg (Germany)

Rotterdam (The Netherlands) Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

Singapore (Malaysia) Jakarta (Indonesia)

Bangkok (Thailand) Corpus Christi (USA)

Newark (USA) Merrillville (USA)

Baton Rouge (USA) Fresno (USA)

Salt Lake City (USA)

Global Presence with a Local ServiceIn December 2005, Tracerco moved into its new Tracer Technology

Centre in Billingham, Cleveland. This world-class research and

development centre for taggant technology in the North East of

England has enabled Tracerco to bring under one roof expertise in

organic, physical and analytical chemistry, as well as its capability in

microelectronics.

The new facilities, opened officially in February 2006 by Sir John

Banham, will allow Tracerco to continue to support our global clients

with exceptional levels of customer service.

TRACERCO Locations

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Tracerco is a truly global organisation, with office and operational bases

across the world serving our customers requirement for local service,

from a global brand.

Headquartered in the United Kingdom, Tracerco also has staff in all

continents ensuring that we can rapidly respond to customer questions

and queries at all levels.

Tracerco currently has either operational bases or offices in the

following locations:

Teesside (UK) Aberdeen (UK)

Houston (USA) Bergen (Norway)

Sarnia (Canada) Edmonton (Canada)

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Perth (Australia)

Milan (Italy) Oldenburg (Germany)

Rotterdam (The Netherlands) Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

Singapore (Malaysia) Jakarta (Indonesia)

Bangkok (Thailand) Corpus Christi (USA)

Newark (USA) Merrillville (USA)

Baton Rouge (USA) Fresno (USA)

Salt Lake City (USA)

Global Presence with a Local ServiceIn December 2005, Tracerco moved into its new Tracer Technology

Centre in Billingham, Cleveland. This world-class research and

development centre for taggant technology in the North East of

England has enabled Tracerco to bring under one roof expertise in

organic, physical and analytical chemistry, as well as its capability in

microelectronics.

The new facilities, opened officially in February 2006 by Sir John

Banham, will allow Tracerco to continue to support our global clients

with exceptional levels of customer service.

TRACERCO Locations

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Tracer Technology CentrePavilion 10, The MoatBelasis Hall Technology ParkBillinghamClevelandTS23 4AZUKTel +44 (0) 1642 375450Fax +44 (0) 1642 371813

www.tracerco.com/taggants tracercomatthey.com

Delivering world leading TRACERCOTaggant solutions to meet our customersauthentication needs

TRACERCO and TRACERCO Diagnostics are trademarks of the Johnson Matthey Group of companies.

2006 Johnson Matthey Group

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