Every year, the ALTANA Innovation Award honors the most promising new developments of the global specialty chemicals group, and in 2021, the ECKART division won the prize for the second time in a row.
Despite the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, the specialty chemicals group ALTANA recorded only a slight decline in sales in the 2020 fiscal year and was able to increase EBITDA in a year-to-year comparison.
Currently there are two types of advanced appearance measurement instruments avail¬able on the market capable of determining radiometric and texture information of effect color shades at various directional and quasi-diffuse measurement geometries.
Colors & Effects®, BASF's brand focused on pigments, is highlighting its commitment to sustainably sourced natural mica flakes to produce natural mica-based effect pigments for the coatings, plastics, printing and cosmetic industries.
BASF has opened a new research laboratory in Besigheim, Germany, for pigments manufactured and marketed under the company's global brand Colors & Effects®.
