Cytec Honored with Achievement Award for Addressing F-35 Cost Reductions

WOODLAND PARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cytec Industries Inc. (NYSE:CYT) today announced that its Engineered Materials business was honored as part of an aerospace industry team receiving the 2011 Defense Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Achievement Award from the US Department of Defense (DoD). The award was presented at the recent Defense Manufacturing Conference in Anaheim, California and recognized the team for optimizing automated fiber placement (AFP) of bismaleimide (BMI) composite materials used in manufacture of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.