Description CVC Specialty Chemicals makes epoxy resins used in coatings and adhesives. Other products include specialty epoxy resins, elastomer modified epoxy resins, and monomers, as well as catalysts and accelerators. CVC's products are used by makers of adhesives and paints, as well as by the aerospace and construction industries. It also produces sealing and bonding compounds for automotive and electronic applications. The company (dba CVC Thermoset Specialties) operates two manufacturing facilities in the US and sells to Asia, Europe, and North America. Emerald Performance Materials (EPM) acquired the company in 2008 and soon combined CVC with its own specialty polymers unit; it then began to use the dba.