CLEVELAND, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- OM Group, Inc. (NYSE: OMG) announced today that its Electronic Chemicals facility in Maple Plain, Minnesota, has been named one of America's Safest Companies by EHS Today (formerly Occupational Hazards) magazine.

"This award is evidence that at OM Group, safety is not simply a slogan, but an enduring promise to our employees," said Joseph M. Scaminace, chairman and chief executive officer. "Our unwavering commitment to ongoing safety improvements, not only at our Maple Plain site, but around the globe, is a testament to the character, values and teamwork that our people demonstrate every day."

The OM Group location is among 18 honorees on EHS Today's 2008 safety list, which appears in the Penton Media publication's November issue. The magazine calls the Maple Plain facility's safety record "nothing short of exceptional. Employees have worked over 12 years -- 1.5 million hours -- without a single lost-time injury, and two of those years (2006-2007) without an OSHA-recordable/restricted work activity incident."

The Maple Plain facility is one of 7 global sites in OM Group's Electronic Chemicals business. Collectively, these facilities have gone more than one year, or 1 million hours, without a lost-time accident. The company credits its safety progress to employee involvement and management support for a wide array of improvement initiatives.

The Maple Plain facility, built in 1994, serves OM Group's Printed Circuit Board (PCB) business. It employs approximately 60 people in the areas of manufacturing, customer service, accounting, sales, technical service and research. The PCB business supplies over 250 proprietary products and processes globally for the printed circuit board and solar panel industries.

ABOUT OM GROUP, INC.

OM Group, Inc. is a diversified global developer, producer and marketer of value-added specialty chemicals and advanced materials that are essential to complex chemical and industrial processes. Key technology-based end-use applications include affordable energy, portable power, clean air, clean water, and proprietary products and services for the microelectronics industry. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, OM Group operates manufacturing facilities in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.omgi.com/ .

SOURCE OM Group, Inc.