LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany - BASF announced that the company plans to stop making lead-chromate pigments by the end of 2014 and will concentrate on developing and producing alternative products. The pigments, for the yellow and red color range, include those sold under the brand names Sicopal®, Sicotan®, Paliotan®, T-Shade®, Paliotol®, Paliogen®, Cromophtal®, Irgalite®, Cinquasia®and Irgazin®.
“We have for years been in the possession of a large portfolio of organic and inorganic pigments that represent excellent alternatives to lead-chromate pigments,” said Stefan Sütterlin, head of the Business Management Pigments of BASF in Europe.