Alcan Composites and Cyclics to Jointly Develop Advanced Composite Products.Business Editors SCHENECTADY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 2002 Alcan Composites, part of Alcan Inc., and Cyclics Corp. are working together to develop CBT (Computer-Based Training) Using the computer for training and instruction. CBT programs are called "courseware" and provide interactive training sessions for all disciplines. resins for structural composite applications In computing, the term composite application expresses a perspective of software engineering that defines an application built by combining multiple services. People often compare composite applications to mashups. . The material development activities will be focused on developing various Cyclics resins as structural composite materials targeting the construction, infrastructure, and other industries. Alcan Composite's development team has been working with experts from Cyclics to determine how the material can best be incorporated in new structural composite applications. Alcan Composites is a global leader in the composites market, with operations in Europe, North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and China, and has 40 years of experience in products ranging from lightweight foam sheets, rigid plastic foam sheets to aluminum composite panels, sandwich core material, structural components and prefabricated pre·fab·ri·cate tr.v. pre·fab·ri·cat·ed, pre·fab·ri·cat·ing, pre·fab·ri·cates 1. To manufacture (a building or section of a building, for example) in advance, especially in standard sections that can be easily shipped and modules for the transportation industry. Alcan Composites, as have Cyclics, have had success working on a variety of processing methodologies to make both products and intermediate products. Cyclics Corporation, headquartered in Schenectady, New York Schenectady (IPA /skəˈnɛktədi/) is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 61,821. , sells innovative plastics that offer breakthroughs in processing, making new products possible and changing the economics of existing ones. Cyclics products are useful in structural composites, compounding and powder coating Powder coating is a type of dry coating, which is applied as a free-flowing, dry powder. The main difference between a conventional liquid paint and a powder coating is that the powder coating does not require a solvent to keep the binder and filler parts in a liquid suspension , where the water-like viscosity of these resins allow for excellent processing, extremely high filler volumes and unique polymer chemistries. Alcan is a multinational, market-driven company and a global leader in aluminum and specialty packaging with 2001 revenues of US$12.6 billion. With world-class operations in primary aluminum, fabricated fab·ri·cate tr.v. fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing, fab·ri·cates 1. To make; create. 2. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts: aluminum as well as flexible and specialty packaging, Alcan is well positioned to meet and exceed its customers' needs for innovative solutions and service. Alcan employs 48,000 people and has operating facilities in 38 countries. |
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