For over 50 years Scott Bader has pioneered unsaturated polyester resins and gelcoats for GRP composites under the "Crystic" brand name. Many demanding applications in marine, transport, building and chemical containment markets all over the globe have been successfully made with Crystic products.

Crystic products are high quality, technical products, manufactured in Scott Bader plants around the world, supported by the best in technical expertise and R & D facilities.

Today "Crystic" is synonymous with:

"Outstanding quality" , "Proven Application Use" , "Innovation" , "Technical Excellence" and "Reliability you can trust".

Scott Bader has achieved many Crystic 'Firsts' in its 50 year history.

1954: Perpetua ' First' large (16.8M) GRP boat in the world. Built by Halmatic UK using a specially developed marine grade Crystic Resin.


1959: Ecuri Cooper Climax 'First' composite car body shell to exceed 100 mph powered by a 250cc engine. This car held 15 world records and was built using Crystic Resins.


1967: Hovercraft HM2 'First' passenger carrying Hovercraft. Designed for optimum structural weight incorporating a fully stressed 16M skin, and in service until October 2000. Designed and built by Hovermarine UK using Crystic Resin.


1987: Minehunters 'First' GRP mine counter measures vessels to be built by the British Navy. The risk of operational damage however necessitated bolting of the major structural connections to resist delamination. The introduction of Crestomer as a structural fillet and adhesive on the Sandown class ships has not only proved successful under extreme loading conditions, but also shown the way for development of structural filleting as a highly efficient and cost effective construction technique utilised by many of today's production boat builders.


1988: Flippin'Eck 'First' composite boat that stretches rather than bends under load. The boat not only proved to be a world beater in class II but often out-performed the larger class I boats in extreme conditions; testament to the soundness of the design and the resilience of the Crestomer resins used in the construction.


1997: Thrust SSC 'First' ever supersonic World Land Speed Record of 763 mph was set by Andy Green on the Black Rock Desert, Nevada. Crystic Resins were used in the construction of the engine Naceles.


1999: Breitling Orbiter 3 'First' Balloon to circumnavigate the world. The advanced Kevlar and Carbon Gondola kept the pilots Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones safe and well for 21 days with external temperatures as low as –50°C and at altitudes in excess of 38,000ft, where air pressure is one quarter of that on the surface. The gondola was manufactured by W & J Tod using Crystic resins.


2000: Bluebird 'First' Electrically powered vehicle to exceed 128 mph. The UK land speed record was broken by the grandson of the legendary Sir Malcolm Campbell. Bluebird's bodywork is made entirely from Crystic Resins and Gelcoats.


2000: Laser Olympic Racing An Olympic 'First' . Ben Ainslie won a gold medal in a Laser racing dingy in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The 'Laser' class composite dinghies are manufactured by Performance Sailcraft UK, using Crystic Resins and Gelcoats.