Kaneka Corp.’s (Tokyo, Japan; www.kaneka.com) wholly owned subsidiary, Kaneka Aerospace, LLC (KAE; San Francisco, Calif.), and Henkel Corp. have finalized the transfer of commercial rights, technologies and patents of the benzoxazine-based high-performance composites business from Henkel Corp. to Kaneka Aerospace.
KAE was established in September 2017 with the acquisition of Applied Poleramic Inc., which possessed advanced technology for formulated resin used in high performance composites to enter into the promising aerospace business. The addition of Henkel’s benzoxazine-based composites business further strengthens KAE’s growth, sales and market position of high performance composite products.
Included in the acquisition are benzoxazine-based prepregs, film adhesives and infusion resins. Several of these products have been qualified in the Aviation Market. The addition of these competitive products and technologies will further enhance the ability of Kaneka Aerospace to penetrate the aerospace market.