Cytec : exhibits at Composites Europe and demonstrates progress made on serial automotive technology roadmap

At the show, Cytec will promote the progress made since last year on the company's serial automotive technology roadmap with updates on:

• Rapid cure thermoset prepregs, featuring new products including MTM® 23

• HP-RTM resins, with new product XMTR 50

• Large tow carbon fiber development with our strategic collaboration with Dralon GmbH

• Automation technologies

The company's recently announced collaborations with German companies C-Con Holdings GmbH and Dralon GmbH are key steps to increasing the affordability of continuous fiber composites for high volume production and further establishing Cytec as partner of choice to the Automotive OEMs and Tier 1 Suppliers.

Cytec will exhibit on its stand a part manufactured from uni-directional carbon fiber, utilising an innovative process developed by Cytec which requires virtually no direct labour to produce structural components for serial automotive applications in less than 5 minutes. This component is representative of the complex geometries that the automotive sector is used to working with, particularly when looking at the body in white structures.

Another exhibit is a rapid-cured press-moulded automotive part demonstrating the potential for large volume production.

Cytec will also promote interesting developments in its tooling and process materials range:

• Cytec is showcasing its CB1100 ceramic tooling block and its range of compatible ancillaries. CB1100 is a high temperature capable master block for direct tooling, offering low CTE and perfect surface finish.

• The Process Materials value added kitting service offers customers the opportunity to enhance their manufacturing capacity while ensuring component quality consistency.

Our commercial and technical teams will be available at the show to meet with existing and potential customers and introduce our products and technologies and discuss future collaborations.

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Cytec's vision is to deliver specialty material and chemical technologies beyond our customers' imagination. Our focus on innovation, advanced technology and application expertise enables us to develop, manufacture and sell products that change the way our customers do business. Our pioneering products perform specific and important functions for our customers, enabling them to offer innovative solutions to the industries that they serve. Our products serve a diverse range of end markets including aerospace and industrial materials, mining and plastics.

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