Cytec initiates sale process for Coating Resins business

The Coating Resins segment includes the following product lines: Radiation-Cured Resins (Radcure Resins), Liquid Coating Resins and Additives (including Waterborne Resins, Solventborne Resins, Urethane Resins and Additives), Powder Coating Resins and Amino Crosslinkers.

Shane Fleming, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cytec, commented, “After extensive analysis, we determined that the sale of our Coating Resins business is our preferred alternative for separating the business. Today’s announcement marks another significant step forward in executing our portfolio transformation strategy which will bring additional focus to expanding our market and technology leadership positions in high growth advanced composite materials and separation technologies applications. We are confident that a sale of the Coating Resins business coupled with other recent actions will continue to create enhanced value for our shareholders. In the interim, we are committed to building on the momentum underway in our core businesses while remaining focused on meeting the needs of our Coating Resins customers as we operate that business.”

Cytec has been pursuing a strategy to increase the focus on its Engineered Materials, In Process Separation, and Additive Technology segments. As part of this strategy, the company retained J. P. Morgan Securities LLC to assist in an analysis of alternatives available to effect a separation of its entire Coating Resins business. As part of this analysis, Cytec recently announced the sale of its Pressure Sensitive Adhesive product line. Consistent with its growth strategy, the company announced earlier this year the acquisitions of Umeco plc, an international provider of composite materials and Star Orechem International Private Limited, an India-based manufacturer of extraction technology that supports the growth of the In Process Separation segment.

According to Cytec, the company does not intend to disclose developments regarding the Coating Resins sale process until a transaction is announced, which is estimated to occur later this year.