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
World demand for dyes and organic pigments is expected to grow 6.0 percent per year to $19.5 billion in 2019. Rising consumer spending will drive increased demand for organic colorants in textiles and plastics, while strong growth in global construction activity will boost demand in paints and coatings.
Huntsman Corp. and Rockwood Holdings Inc. have entered into a definitive agreement whereby Huntsman will acquire Rockwood’s Performance Additives and Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) businesses.
Research and Markets has added the 2013 edition of Synthetic Organic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing Industry in the U.S. and its International Trade, an updated report by Supplier Relations US LLC, to its offering.
Nexeo Solutions, a chemical distribution company, has finalized an agreement with Flint Group Pigments for the distribution of Flint Group Pigments’ organic color pigments in the United States and Puerto Rico.
At this year’s American Coatings Show, specialty chemicals group LANXESS presented material protection products as well as organic and inorganic pigments that fulfill the most exacting of requirements.
Heucotech Ltd., a Heubach company, announced the appointment of Superior Materials, Inc., headquartered in Garden City, NY, as sales representative and distributor in the Northeast for all graphic art, specialty ink, coating, and adhesive industries effective January 1, 2012.
This article presents three separate types of polymeric dispersants that enable the formulator to create dispersions that utilize the properties of pigments to their upper limit.
