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HUNTSMAN ADVANCED MATERIALS SHOWS ARALDITE® ADHESIVES, STRUCTURAL
COMPOSITES AND RENSHAPE® SOLUTIONS TOOLING PRODUCTS AT JEC 2004
30 March 2004 - Huntsman Advanced Materials
| Huntsman Advanced Materials will be presenting its credentials as a global leader in
epoxy and other thermoset specialities for composites, rapid tooling solutions and
industrial adhesives at this year’s JEC, with a comprehensive product and applications display. |
Product highlights are the Araldite adhesives and Araldite and Aradur® structural
composites systems with particular reference to the recreational market, automotive and fibre sizing and finishing as well as the RenShape Solutions modelling and prototyping products with particular reference to their relevance for the marine industry and wind blade tooling. Adhesives
Huntsman Advanced Materials is a leading global supplier of structural adhesives for joining composite materials. The Araldite range of adhesives comprises epoxy,
polyurethane and toughened methacrylate technologies, which, coupled with the
company’s application, processing and market knowledge, offers customers the optimum bonding solution. Araldite adhesives are extensively used in composite structures in road, rail, air and sea transport as well as in a wide range of industrial markets such as construction, chemicals and sport and leisure. Structural Composites
A leader in advanced resins technology, Huntsman Advanced Materials is committed to delivering innovative solutions to the fibre-reinforcement industry.
The company’s Structural Composites business unit is a leading global producer of epoxy specialties and high-value thermosets for fibre reinforcement technologies. The combination of formulation expertise, applications know-how and in-depth market knowledge provides innovative product solutions for industrial sectors such as the windmill turbine industry, aerospace, automotive interior and exterior parts, railway, electronics, printing rolls, high-performance offshore pipes, concrete reinforcements and recreational goods. The structural composites business unit will present Quatrex® - its new, patented benzoxazine product range for electronics applications and new Araldite/Aradur highperformance epoxy wet lay-up systems for the recreational and composite repair markets, for applications such as leisure boats and gliders. RenShape Solutions
RenShape Solutions has pioneered the development of Seamless Modelling Pastes,
which are marketed under the RenPaste™ brand. The range includes model-making
materials for the automotive, marine and wind industries. RenPaste is compatible with the largest milling machines for highly accurate CNC application, enabling the fast production of boat and blade plugs. The company will also present new RenGel™, RenLam™ and RenInfusion™ laminating and infusion systems for making the very large moulds required for aerospace and wind blade tooling. The products are formulated to have long open time, low temperature precuring and high heat resistance after post-cure. RenPIM™ low pressure polyurethane injection systems will also to be presented to the marine industry as a low cost way of making cabin and deck fittings. The easy-to-use products represent a fast and cost-effective alternative to thermoplastic and GRP materials.
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