CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC/DE/
EX-10.8C
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                                                                 Exhibit 10.8(c)

                       EXTENSION OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

         THIS EXTENSION OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT (this "Extension") is made this
27th day of March, 2002, by and between CYTEC PLASTICS, INC., a Delaware
corporation formerly known as Cyanamid Plastics, Inc. ("Cytec"), and ROHACRYL,
INC., a Delaware corporation ("Rohacryl", and together with Cytec, each
individually a "Partner" and collectively "Partners").

         WHEREAS, Cytec and Rohacryl entered into a Partnership Agreement dated
July 1, 1976 (as amended, the "Partnership Agreement").

         WHEREAS, the Partners wish to extend the term of the Partnership
through July 1, 2005.

         NOW, THEREFORE, the Partners agree as follows:

         1.    DEFINITION: Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall
               have the meanings assigned to them in the Partnership Agreement.

         2.    EXTENSION: The Partners hereby agree that the initial term of
               the Partnership set forth in Section 12 of the Partnership
               Agreement shall be extended until July 1, 2005, after which the
               Partnership shall continue from year to year thereafter until
               terminated by mutual agreement of the Partners.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Extension on the
day and year first set forth above.


                                            CYTEC PLASTICS, INC.

                                            By:  /s/ J.P. Cronin
                                                -------------------------------
                                                 Name:  James P. Cronin
                                                 Title:    President


                                            ROHACRYL, INC.

                                            By:  /s/ Karlheinz Nothnagel
                                                -------------------------------
                                                 Name:  Karlheinz Nothnagel
                                                 Title:    President


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