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Cytec Industries Inc. is a 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, electronics, automotive and industrial coatings, chemical intermediates, 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.

As the world’s leading manufacturer of powder-metallurgically produced refractory and special materials, PLANSEE is a reliable partner for advanced coating solutions.

Bürkle is among the world market leaders in the field of lamination and surface-finishing technologies. With a staff of 680 employees, we plan and manufacture e. g. machines and lines for the photovoltaics, printed circuit board, plastic card and woodworking industry. Owing to an above-average expenditure for research and development and the high technological standards, our machines and lines are well known beyond German boarders. This year Bürkle company, which is situated in the Black Forest in southwestern Germany, will celebrate its 90th anniversary.

Solarmer Energy, Inc. is a developer of flexible, transparent plastic solar panels which generate low-cost, clean energy from the sun. Solarmer was founded in March 2006 with the objective of offering renewable, affordable, and portable solar energy through commercialization of plastic solar panel technology. The company initially licensed a portfolio of technology developed at UCLA, and has since invested significant resources in building a world class team and setting up an R&D facility.

The company’s key competence in photovoltaics lies in thin-film technologies, which are used to manufacture different kinds of solar cells. VON ARDENNE supplies highly-productive in-line coaters in all customary sizes for TCO-layers, backside contacts and semiconductor layers based on CIS or CdTe.