BASF Strengthening Global Network for Pigment Production
LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany - BASF is strengthening its global production network for pigments with two new investments. At the site in Nanjing, China, the company has increased its production capacities for high-performance diketopyrrolopyrrole pigments (DPP). In Ludwigshafen, BASF is going to expand its capacities for the production of versatile alpha blue pigments by the fall of 2016.
The color-intensive and extremely lightfast and weatherproof DPP pigments, which are marketed by BASF under the product name Irgazin®, are, among other applications, used for automotive, industrial and powder coatings, paints and inks, as well as for plastic applications. By expanding its capacities in Nanjing, BASF has responded to the increasing demand for high-performance pigments, particularly in Asia-Pacific.