EX-8.1 6 0006.txt SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY EXHIBIT 8.1 SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY --------------------------- EUROPE AUSTRIA Ciba Spezialitaetenchemie GmbH, Wien BELGIUM Ciba Specialty Chemicals N.V., Groot-Bijgaarden FINLAND Ciba Specialty Chemicals Finland OY, Helsinki FRANCE Ciba Specialites Chimiques SA, Rueil-Malmaison Societe Nouvelle de Chimie Industrielle (S.N.C.I.) SA, Saint Jeoire en Faucigny Societe Pyreneenne de coloration "Sopyco" Sarl, Abidos Mourens GERMANY Ciba Spezialitaetenchemie Grenzach GmbH, Grenzach-Wyhlen Ciba Spezialitaetenchemie Holding Deutschland GmbH, Lampertheim Ciba Spezialitaetenchemie Lampertheim GmbH, Lampertheim TFL Ledertechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Weil am Rhein GREECE Ciba Specialty Chemicals Hellas ABEE, Athens HUNGARY Ciba Specialty Chemicals Magyarorszag, Kft. Budapest ITALY Ciba Specialty Chemicals S.p.A., Sasso Marconi (Bologna) Magenta Master Fibres, S.p.A., Milano NETHERLANDS Ciba Specialty Chemicals International Nederland B.V., Maastricht Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Maastricht) B.V., Maastricht PORTUGAL Ciba Especialidades Quimicas Lda., Porto SPAIN Ciba Especialidades Quimicas S.L., Barcelona SWEDEN Ciba Specialty Chemicals Sweden AB, Goteborg SWITZERLAND Ciba SC Recherche Marly SA, Marly Ciba Specialites Chimiques Monthey SA, Monthey Ciba Spezialitaetenchemie AG, Basel Ciba Spezialitaetenchemie Finanz AG, Basel Ciba Spezialitaetenchemie International AG, Basel Ciba Spezialitaetenchemie Kaisten AG, Kaisten Ciba Spezialitaetenchemie Schweizerhalle AG, Muttenz Ciba Spezialitaetenchemie Services AG, Basel CIMO Compagnie Industrielle de Monthey SA, Monthey TURKEY Ciba Ozel Kimyevi Urunler Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd., Istanbul UNITED KINGDOM Ciba Specialty Chemicals PLC, Macclesfield Ciba Specialty Chemicals Investment PLC, Macclesfield Ciba Specialty Chemicals Water Treatments Ltd., Bradford WESTERN HEMISPHERE NORTH AMERICA BERMUDA Chemical Insurance Company Ltd., Hamilton Ciba Specialty Chemicals International Finance Ltd., Hamilton Ciba Specialty Chemicals Investment Ltd., Hamilton CANADA Ciba Specialty Chemicals Canada Inc., Mississauga Ciba Specialty Chemicals Water Treatments Corp., Brampton UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation, Tarrytown, NY Ciba Specialty Chemicals Water Treatments Inc., Suffolk, VA SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA ARGENTINA Ciba Especialidades Quimicas S.A., Buenos Aires BRAZIL Ciba Especialidades Quimicas Ltda., Sao Paulo CHILE Ciba Especialidades Quimicas Ltda., Santiago de Chile Ciba Especialidades Quimicas Conosur S.A., Santiago de Chile COLOMBIA Ciba Especialidades Quimicas S.A., Bogota GUATEMALA Ciba Especialidades Quimicas, S.A. (ACC), Guatemala MEXICO Ciba Especialidades Quimicas Mexico S.A. de C.V., Mexico PANAMA Ciba Especialidades Quimicas Colon S.A., Colon EASTERN HEMISPHERE ASIA CHINA Ciba Specialty Chemicals (China) Ltd., Beijing Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Shanghai) Ltd., Shanghai Guangdong Ciba Specialty Chemicals Co. Ltd., Panyu, Guangdong Guangzhou Ciba Specialty Chemicals Co. Ltd., Guangzhou Qingdao Ciba Dyes Co. Ltd., Qingdao Qingdao Ciba Pigments Co. Ltd., Qingdao Shanghai Ciba Gao-Qiao Chemical Co. Ltd., Shanghai Shenzhen Ciba Specialty Chemicals Co. Ltd., Shenzhen Xiangtan Chemicals & Pigments Co. Ltd., Xiangtan INDIA Ciba India Private Ltd., Mumbai Ciba Specialty Chemicals (India) Ltd., Mumbai Diamond Dye-Chem Limited, Mumbai INDO Swiss Textile Chemicals Ltd., Mumbai Petro Araldite Pvt Ltd., Chennai Pigments Specialties India Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai Swathi Organics & Specialities Pvt. Ltd., Pondicherry INDONESIA P.T. Ciba Specialty Chemicals Indonesia, Jakarta JAPAN Chemipro Fine Chemical Kaisha Ltd., Kobe Ciba Specialty Chemicals K.K., Takarazuka/ Tokyo Musashino-Geigy Co. Ltd., Tokyo Nippon Alkyl Phenol Co. Ltd., Tokyo REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) Ciba Specialty Chemicals Korea Ltd., Seoul Daihan Swiss Chemical Corp., Seoul Doobon Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. MALAYSIA Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Malaysia) SDN. BHD., Klang SINGAPORE Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Singapore) Pte Ltd., Singapore TAIWAN Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Taiwan) Ltd., Kaohsiung THAILAND Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Thailand) Ltd., Bangkok Ciba Specialty Chemicals Industries Ltd., Bangkok AFRICA SOUTH AFRICA Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Pty) Ltd., Spartan AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA Ciba Specialty Chemicals Pty. Ltd., Thomastown NEW ZEALAND Ciba Specialty Chemicals N.Z. Ltd., Auckland