Albemarle Corporation 2008 Investor Conference

RICHMOND, Va., May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Albemarle Corporation NYSE: ALB a leading global specialty chemicals company, announced today that it will hold its 2008 Investor Conference on Tuesday, May 13, 2008, in Houston, Texas. Mark C. Rohr, president and chief executive officer, along with other Albemarle business leaders, will present an overview on the company's Vision for 2010.

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The invitation only conference will be held from 8:00am CT to 1:30pm CT. Following the conference, all attendees are invited to tour Albemarle's Bayport Refinery Catalyst Plant.

To access the presentations and live webcast , please use the following link. http://www.wsw.com/webcast/alb/

Albemarle Corporation, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, is a leading global developer, manufacturer and marketer of highly engineered specialty chemicals for consumer electronics; petroleum and petrochemical processing; transportation and industrial products; pharmaceuticals; agricultural products; and construction and packaging materials. The Company operates in three business segments -- Polymer Additives, Catalysts and Fine Chemicals, and serves customers in approximately 100 countries. Learn more about Albemarle at http://www.albemarle.com.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding Albemarle Corporation's business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K.