Duisburg / Pervomaysky (Russia), June 12, 2020. Our Russian subsidiary DME Aerosol has successfully completed the certification audit of its integrated management system according to the requirements of ISO 9001:2015. With this new qualification, the company will become even more attractive to customers as a supplier of dimethyl ether and, in this way, strengthen its market position in Russia and other Eastern European countries. DME Aerosol, a 50/50 joint venture with a Russian chemical company, has been operating a production facility for high-purity aerosol-grade DME in the Tula region south of Moscow since the end of 2018. DME is used, for example, as an environmentally friendly propellant in the cosmetics industry or to produce PU construction foam for thermal insulation. DME aerosol was audited by the Bureau Veritas Certification Rus JSC.