FORT LEE, NJ - Sun Chemical Corp. completed the acquisition of Bayer Polymers L.L.C.'s high-performance organic pigment business. The acquisition includes the high-performance organic pigment manufacturing facilities at Bayer's Bushy Park, SC, site but does not include Bayer's organic-pigment production sites in Lerma, Mexico, and Leverkusen, Germany.
The business being acquired is a supplier of carbazole violet, perylene, quinacridone, and pthalocyanine pigments. Bayer said it will continue to produce other colorants, including Pigment Yellow 150 and iron oxide pigments.