The US company says that this move will lead to faster supply of product to manufacturers of pipe and other corrosion-resistant composite products in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Products available for shipment from Europe include standard bisphenol A vinyl esters, high elongation vinyl esters, and thixed and promoted systems.
AOC's Vipel corrosion-resistant resins can be formulated for use in filament winding, hand lay-up, spray-up, resin transfer moulding (RTM), resin infusion and other composite manufacturing processes. The company's Case History library includes customer applications in the energy, chemical processing, food processing, infrastructure and other sectors where equipment is exposed to corrosive environments. Vipel vinyl ester resins are also available for marine use.
AOC, headquartered in Collierville, Tennessee, USA, is a supplier of resins, gel-coats, colorants and synergistic material systems for composites.