Coast Southwest, Inc. Promotes Kevin D. Sathre To Vice President of Sales

Superior Performance, Effective Team Leadership Key Reasons

Placentia, CA (May 19, 2008) – Coast Southwest, Inc. today announced the appointment of Kevin D. Sathre to vice president of sales, effective May 5, 2008. Sathre will continue to lead company sales activities across all Coast Southwest, Inc. regional offices. Formerly, he was the company’s national sales manager.

Sathre’s decade-plus of experience, superior performance, and effective leadership are key factors in his promotion. Over the past several years he exceeded sales goals and developed an enthusiastic, high-performance sales team focused on providing excellent and knowledgeable service to Coast customers.

“Kevin’s experience in the personal care market and chemical industry, and his focus on excellent service make him ideal to serve as our vice president of sales,” says Joseph C. Cimo, president of Coast Southwest, Inc. “As we embark on a new year of growth, Kevin and the sales team he has put together are in position to achieve our 2008 sales objectives.”

Prior to joining Coast Chemical, Sathre was the West Coast regional sales manager for 3V, Inc. and the personal care market development specialist for Chemcentral. He holds a bachelor of arts in speech communications from California State University at Northridge.