Cytec Industries Inc. - CYT- Profile

Cytec Industries Inc. The Group's principal activities are to develop, manufacture and distribute specialty chemicals. The Group operates through four segments: Surface Specialties, Performance Chemicals, Engineered Materials & Building Block Chemicals. Surface specialties includes low energy-cured (Radcure) resins, powder coating resins and liquid coating resins which includes various product lines such as water-borne resins and solvent based resins. Performance chemicals segment includes water treatment chemicals, mining chemicals, phosphine and phosphorous specialties, polymer additives and specialty additives, urethanes, polyurethanes and pressure sensitive adhesives product lines. Engineered Materials includes advanced composites and film adhesives. Building Block Chemicals includes acrylonitrile, hydrocyanic acid, acrylamide, sulfuric acid and melamine. Surface Specialties acctd for 46% of 2006 revs; Performance Chemicals, 26%; Engineered Materials, 18% & Bldg Block Chemical, 10%