Press Releases
Contact:
Jodi Allen (Investor Relations)
(973) 357-3283
Sherry Sutton Anderson (Public Relations)
(973) 357-3266
Cytec Releases Family of Energy
Curable Epoxides with Low Shrinkage
UVACURE® Curing Resins 1500 and 1550 Designed for
Special Needs of Plastics and Metals
Woodland Park, NJ – March 19, 2009 - Cytec Industries Inc.
(NYSE: CYT) today announces the launch of UVACURE curing resins
1500 and 1550. This family of products is designed for energy
curable applications where low shrinkage upon curing is critical
for adhesion to difficult substrates. This cationic epoxide has
uses in coatings for plastics and metals.
The products are a high purity, low viscosity, cycloaliphatic
di-epoxide, as well as a standard grade cycloaliphatic that
undergo rapid polymerization when exposed to UV light in the
presence of a cationic photoinitiator. UVACURE 1500 and 1550 are
tough, solvent resistant, and exhibit good adhesion to a variety
of substrates, including plastics and metals.
Sample requests should be sent to cytec@sampleexpress.com.
Corporate Profile
Cytec Industries Inc. is a global specialty chemicals and
materials company focused on developing, manufacturing and
selling value-added products. Our products serve a diverse range
of end markets including aerospace, adhesives, automotive and
industrial coatings, chemical intermediates, inks, mining and
plastics. We use our technology and application development
expertise to create chemical and material solutions that are
formulated to perform specific and important functions in the
finished products of our customers.
Back to All Press Releases
|
