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Cytec Joins Flexible Display Center at Arizona State University

WOODLAND PARK, N.J. – July 9, 2009 – Cytec Industries Inc. (NYSE:CYT), a specialty chemicals and materials company, announced today its membership to the Flexible Display Center (FDC) at Arizona State University. The Flexible Display Center is a collaboration among government, industry and academia designed to advance the development of full-color flexible display technology. Cytec joined the FDC to provide innovative solutions to the unmet material needs of the current flexible display market, and in turn to partner with some of the leading institutions and companies in this fast emerging market space.

“The FDC is a unique partner performing a critical role in the development of flexible display technology, and we are confident in the substantial benefits this relationship will provide both parties, as well as the industry as a whole,” said Martin Court, Cytec Vice President of Research and Development. “By leveraging our expertise in coatings, inks and adhesives, I believe Cytec will be able to bring advanced material solutions to the FDC and its members. Our membership is another example of Cytec’s objective to strengthen and grow our position as a supplier to the displays industry.”

Formed through a 10-year cooperative agreement between the U.S. Army and ASU, the FDC is partnering with many of the world’s leading providers of advanced display technology, materials and process equipment to meet its development objectives.

“Cytec brings a high-value area of expertise to the FDC, as materials solutions are an increasingly vital enabler in the development of flexible and printed electronics technology,” said Shawn O’Rourke, FDC Director of Engineering. “As we continue to explore the solutions to address the evolving technological requirements of flexible active matrix backplanes, Cytec’s experience with UV curable and other coatings, adhesives, and specialty chemicals will provide marked technology improvements to current flexible display constraints.”

For more information about Cytec, please visit www.cytec.com.
For more information about the FDC, please visit http://flexdisplay.asu.edu.

About Cytec Industries Inc.
Cytec Industries Inc. is a $3.6 billion global specialty chemicals and materials company focused on developing, manufacturing and selling value-added products. Our products serve a diverse range of end markets including aerospace, adhesives, automotive and industrial coatings, chemical intermediates, electronics, inks, mining, and plastics. We use our technology and application development expertise to create chemical and material solutions that are formulated to perform specific and important functions in the finished products of our customers.

About the Flexible Display Center at Arizona State University
The FDC is a government – industry – academia partnership that’s advancing full-color flexible display technology and fostering development of a manufacturing ecosystem to support the rapidly growing market for flexible electronic displays. FDC partners include many of the world’s leading providers of advanced display technology, materials and process equipment. The FDC is unique among the U.S. Army’s University centers, having been formed through a 10-year cooperative agreement with Arizona State University in 2004. This adaptable agreement has enabled the FDC to create and implement a proven collaborative partnership model with over 27 engaged industry members, and to successfully deploy world class wafer-scale R&D and GEN-II display-scale pilot production lines for rapid flexible display technology development and manufacturing supply chain commercialization. More information on the Flexible Display Center can be found at http://flexdisplay.asu.edu.


 

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