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Scott Bader's high performance composites and adhesives have been used by the world’s building industry for over 50 years.
Scott Bader in Building and Construction Across Asia Pacific
Scott Bader resins, gelcoats and adhesives have been used by the world’s building industry in Asia Pacific for consistent years. Our materials are typically used to manufacture:
Exterior and interior cladding
Rebar
Pultruded parts
Baths, sinks and shower trays
Doors
Decorative casting
Modular buildings
Fiberglass roofing systems
Characteristics
Fire retardant and FST compliance
In Asia Pacific, where urban density and high-rise construction create heightened fire safety challenges, Scott Bader materials offer inherent fire-retardant properties. Our systems are engineered to comply with global FST (Fire, Smoke and Toxicity) standards, ensuring that cladding, roofing, and modular housing components provide essential protection in public, residential, and commercial environments.
Flexibility to form into complex shapes
Architects and designers across Asia Pacific increasingly demand innovative, complex geometries for façades, interiors, and modular spaces. Scott Bader composites are highly adaptable, enabling the creation of curved cladding panels, intricate sanitary ware designs, and detailed decorative castings without compromising performance.
Add texture to simulate natural materials
Scott Bader resins and gelcoats provide manufacturers with the ability to simulate natural textures and finishes. This feature is particularly valued in decorative casting and exterior cladding systems, where architects require authentic aesthetics that deliver lower maintenance and reduced environmental impact compared to natural materials.
Lightweight with excellent strength-to-weight ratios
Asia Pacific’s booming modular and prefabricated building sector places a premium on transport efficiency and rapid assembly. Scott Bader composites are lightweight yet deliver exceptional structural strength, supporting safer handling and faster installation in urban construction projects.
Durable with impact and weather resistance
Scott Bader resins and gelcoats are engineered for long-term durability, resisting UV degradation, impact damage, and corrosion. Applications in fiberglass roofing, exterior cladding, and doors benefit from this resilience, providing long-term value for building owners.
Insulation and fire resistance properties
Energy efficiency is becoming a growing priority across Asia Pacific, especially with the expansion of green building standards in markets such as Singapore, Japan, and Australia. Scott Bader composites offer insulation properties alongside inherent fire resistance, making them highly suitable for composite wall systems, cladding panels, and roofing structures where safety and energy performance must go hand in hand.
Minimal maintenance
Scott Bader’s composites deliver minimal maintenance requirements, with resins and gelcoats engineered to resist cracking, fading, and wear. This ensures long-term performance in decorative castings, sanitaryware, roofing systems, and façade installations, reducing operational costs for building managers and owners.
Key product ranges
Crestafire® FST performance products and systems
The Crestafire® portfolio is designed to deliver the fire, smoke, and toxicity performance required across Asia Pacific’s dense urban environments.These systems, comprising fire-retardant resins, intumescent topcoats, and compatible gelcoats - widely used in modular buildings, cladding panels, roofing systems, and interior assemblies. For manufacturers in Asia Pacific, Crestafire® provides a proven pathway to meeting both local and international fire safety standards.
Crystic® resins and gelcoats
The Crystic® family continues to be one of the most widely used resin and gelcoat systems in Asia Pacific. Its versatility supports pultruded parts, sanitaryware, decorative castings, cladding, and roofing applications. Known for high surface finish quality, durability, and weather resistance, Crystic® systems are trusted across climates ranging from humid Southeast Asia to sun-exposed Australia.
Crestabond® structural adhesives
As modular and prefabricated building methods expand rapidly across Asia Pacific, the Crestabond® range of structural adhesives plays an increasingly important role. These adhesives enable fast, reliable bonding of composites, metals, and thermoplastics, eliminating the need for mechanical fasteners.
Case study
Best Public Library in the World 2023 crafted using Scott Bader materials
SUMA Arquitectura is an international studio based in Madrid, formed by a team of professional designers. They produce singular architectures that challenge the limits of traditional architecture.
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SUMA Arquitectura
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