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Ashland upgrades Derakane line with new benefits

Inside Composites met with Andrew Miller, Commercial Director, Composites, and Tim Pepper, Technology Director Emerging & External Technologies.

20th April 2018

Innovation in Textiles
 |  Paris

Industrial, Construction, Civil Engineering

Inside Composites met with Andrew Miller, Commercial Director, Composites, and Tim Pepper, Technology Director Emerging & External Technologies, at the JEC show in Paris, to discuss the latest product release.

Tell me more about the Derakane resin range.

Andrew Miller: Derakane epoxy vinyl ester resins have been around for more than 50 years, originally invented by Dow Chemical Company and used at its chemical plants. The business has grown ever since. There was initially a Derakane Classic, and then in 1999, Dow released a product called Derakane Momentum, which has been the industry standard for the last 18 to 19 years...

Read the full interview on our Inside Composites website

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