Cytec

Cytec Industries covers its business bases. The company produces the building-block chemicals from which it makes engineered materials (composites and adhesives for the aerospace industry), specialty chemicals (resins and coatings for metal, plastic, and wood), and additives used in industrial processes. Cytec also sells its building-block chemicals (acrylonitrile, melamine, and sulfuric acid) to third parties. Cytec Engineered Materials includes aerospace products such as advanced composites and structural adhesives. The Specialty Chemicals unit's products are used in mining, drilling, and the manufacture of pharmaceuticals. The unit combines Cytec's Performance Chemicals and Surface Specialties segments.