PCI recently toured the LANXESS Starpointe facility in the greater Pittsburgh area. Located in Burgettstown, PA, the site is home to laboratories, and blending and finishing operations for inorganic pigments.
In addition to highly sustainable production, the Ningbo process provides iron oxide red pigments with exceptional coloristic behavior that exceeds any currently available iron oxide pigment in the market.
A recent trip to China gave a clearer understanding of the inorganic pigments market, how China is responding to its slowing economy and the environmental problems it faces, and strategies that suppliers are forming to take on these trends.
LANXESS’ new red shades, known as “New Red,” will be marketed globally under the Bayferrox brand. Effective milling reduces the proportion of aggregates and agglomerates
LANXESS’s Inorganic Pigments Group (IPG), the world's largest manufacturer of iron oxides and a leading producer of inorganic pigments based on chromium oxides, announced that L.V. Lomas will become the exclusive distributor of Bayferrox® inorganic pigments in Canada, effective November 1, 2015.
Consideration of not only a formulation, but also of the multitude of interactions between components is important when determining the proper dispersion equipment for the task.
This article discusses consolidation in the coatings industry, challenges pigment manufacturers face, steps taken to develop new products and the future direction of the pigment market.
Cost-designed pigment preparations can replace standard lead chromates. Pigment preparations and hybrid pigments formulated with weather-fast organic pigments are not inferior to stabilized lead chromates and can even outperform standard products
