CVC Thermoset Specialties, an Emerald Performance Materials Company, is expanding the Akron, Ohio facility where the Hypro Reactive Liquid Polymers (RLPs) are manufactured. The new reactor system has been commissioned and is scheduled to be on line by late October after completing a rigorous evaluation period. The company has undertaken this investment in its infrastructure in response to growing double-digit global demand for its Hypro RLPs and HyPox R series products, which are specialty epoxy materials modified using CTBN RLPs. Incorporation of CVC RLPs into thermoset resin formulations can address challenging performance requirements in applications such as structural adhesives, composites, protective coatings and electronic components by enhancing impact strength, thermal shock properties, peel strength, low temperature shear strength and crack resistance, as well as long-term durability. The 100 percent liquid polymers based on butadiene and acrylonitrile, have functional end-groups which provide formulators with a wide range of final product options. Functional groups including carboxyl, amine, methacrylate vinyl, and epoxy enable the RLPs to react into a variety of polymer systems, such as epoxy, UPE, acrylic, polyamide, plastisol and vinyl esters. In addition to the expansion of its infrastructure, the company recently announced the expansion of this product platform with the launch of novel glycidyl ester based epoxy terminated RLPs. These unique products are epoxy functional elastomers that are Epichlorohydrin modified CTB and CTBNs. They are solvent and resin-free and provide higher Tg, peel strength and lower viscosity in formulations than traditional epoxy adducts.