March 2006

Images supplied courtesy of Rolls Royce

HUNTSMAN ADVANCED MATERIALS LAUNCH NEW ADHESIVES, STRUCTURAL

COMPOSITES & TOOLING PRODUCTS AT JEC 2006

Hall 1
Stand No C56

Huntsman Advanced Materials will be reinforcing the company’s position as a global leader in the
manufacture and marketing of advanced adhesives, tooling materials and structural composites at
this year’s JEC with new product launches and a comprehensive product and applications display.

Six products will be shown for the first time at JEC:

- syntactic damping paste for aero engines
- flame retardant adhesive
- structural syntactic paste
- two multi-functional epoxy resins.
- new casting system for the foundry industry

The paste for aero engines – Araldite® 1641 A/B – marks such a significant breakthrough in
composites technology that it has been nominated for a JEC Composites Innovation Award in the
Aeronautics category. The Award winners will be announced at JEC on 28 March 2006 in Paris.
New Products - Adhesives
Huntsman Advanced Materials is a leading supplier of structural adhesives for bonding composite
materials. The Araldite® range of adhesives comprises epoxy, polyurethane and toughened
methacrylate technologies, which are used in composite structures in road, rail, aerospace, marine
and wind energy applications. They are also used in a wide range of industrial markets including
automotive, construction and sport and leisure.

Three new adhesive products for the aerospace industry will be showcased at JEC, including a
unique epoxy based aerofoil-fill syntactic paste which the Araldite® team has developed in
conjunction with Rolls Royce and the University of Sheffield. It has been developed for use on the
Trent 900 aero engine.

Araldite® 1641 A/B is a very low density two-component syntactic paste which exhibits exceptional
noise and vibration damping characteristics. It can be used as a replacement for traditional metal
reinforcements in aerospace engine components like outer guide vains (OGV).

Huntsman are also launching Araldite® 1644 A/B and Epibond® 1590 FST A/B at JEC.

Araldite® 1644A/B is two-component low density RT-cure syntactic filler for structural applications. It
was designed to replace fibre reinforced resin in structural close-outs and hence shows exceptional
mechanical properties under hot/wet conditions after a RT cure cycle.

Epibond® 1590 FST A/B is a two-component flame retardant paste epoxy adhesive offering a good
balance of FST and mechanical properties. It can be cured at either room temperature or elevated
temperatures and exhibits good mechanical properties on both metal and thermoplastic substrates.
It has good environmental resistance and shows excellent stress crack resistance on thermoplastic
substrates.

Epibond® 1590 FST A/B has been designed for use in aerospace interior applications but is equally
suitable for all composite bonding fields where flame retardancy is critical.
Structural Composites – New Multifunctional Epoxy Resins
Huntsman’s Structural Composites business unit is a leading global producer of epoxy specialities
and high-value thermosets for fibre reinforcement technologies. It provides innovative product
solutions for a wide range of industries including the wind turbine industry, aerospace, automotive,
railway, electronics, high performance offshore pipes and concrete construction.

At JEC, Huntsman Structural Composites will be showing two multifunctional epoxy resins suitable
for a range of processing systems including Resin Transfer Moulding, Resin Film Infusion, Pre-pregs
and Filament Winding.

Araldite® MY 0600 is a multifunctional epoxy resin based on meta-aminophenol. Compared to the

properties of current multifunctional epoxy resins, MY 0600 is unique in its ability to provide structural
matrices with higher modulus and greater toughness. It is particularly suitable for aerospace
applications.

Araldite® MY 9721 is a multifunctional epoxy resin that is suitable for a wide range of industrial
composite applications and has been developed from the Araldite® MY 721 aerospace grade of tetra-
functional epoxy resin. While offering similar properties such as long pot life at process temperatures
and excellent retention of mechanical performance even at elevated temperatures, MY 9721, thanks
to a special manufacturing process, is a lower cost resin intended for high temperature resistant
industrial applications.

Tooling – New Foundry Casting System

Huntsman Advanced Materials has pioneered the development of a range of rapid tooling solutions
for the world’s manufacturing industries and was recognised for this with the presentation of the
highly prestigious Frost & Sullivan Award for Performance Materials in 2005. This acknowledged the
company’s work in the development of products such as stereolithography resins, seamless
modelling pastes, rapid setting polyurethane injection moulding systems and rapid casting systems.
At JEC, Huntsman will be launching a new casting system for tooling applications in the foundry
industry – RenCast® 6414-A / XB 5517. This innovative DDM-free solution has been specifically
developed for foundry patterns, replicas and prototypes. It has excellent abrasion and chemical
resistance and is particularly tough and durable.

For further information on the complete range of industrial adhesives, structural composites and rapid
tooling solutions available from Huntsman Advanced Materials, go to
www.huntsman.com/advancedmaterials

ENDS

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Araldite, ®Epibond and ®RenCast are registered trademarks of Huntsman Corporation in one or more, but not all countries.

Editors Note
Huntsman is a global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated and commodity chemicals. Its
operating companies manufacture basic products for a variety of global industries including
chemicals, plastics, automotive, aviation, footwear, paints and coatings, construction, technology,
agriculture, health care, textiles, detergent, personal care, furniture, appliances and packaging.
Originally known for pioneering innovations in packaging, and later, rapid and integrated growth in
petrochemicals, Huntsman today has 11,300 employees, 57 operations in 22 countries and had 2005
revenues of $13 billion.
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Sales enquiries should be directed by mail or e-mail to:

Urs Waldvogel at the Product Support Help Desk
Huntsman Advanced Materials (Switzerland) GmbH
CH 4057
Basel
Switzerland
Phone : 00 41 61 96 63 87 5
Email: advanced_materials@huntsman.com
or urs_waldvogel@huntsman.com