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Ciba Specialty Chemicals Performance Intermediates High purity specialty monomers —chemical building blocks Value beyond chemistry Specialty Monomers Ciba Specialty Chemicals, a world leader in high purity monomers, offers a unique combination of develop- mental talent, innovative technology and global marketing expertise. Ciba® AGEFLEX™ monomers are acrylic monomers with low color and only trace levels of acidity, solvent and moisture. For the formulator, this provides the advantage of greater latitude in development and less environmental concern when compounding. Our patented process technology produces the highest possible proportion of the target monomer with the lowest level of residual reactants and by-products. As a result, AGEFLEX monomers are higher in purity and more consistent. Ciba Specialty Chemicals manufactures a broad range of amine and quaternary monomers as well as a complete range of specialty glycidyl ethers and func- tional acrylates and methacrylates. Our monomers are versatile chemical building blocks. For example, amine monomers are used to promote adhesion, and quater- Production nary monomers are used where a cationic charge is Ciba Specialty Chemicals has 64 produc- required. Glycidyl ethers are used as silane intermedi- tion facilities in 25 countries. Our West ates and as reactive diluents in epoxy formulations, Memphis, Arkansas specialty monomer and functional acrylates and methacrylates are used to production plant is a state-of-the-art modify resins a