Through targeted debottlenecking at the Krefeld-Uerdingen site, LANXESS has increased the product availability of its Bayferrox and Colortherm micronized red pigments by more than 5,000 metric tons per year.
Birla Carbon Spain, the carbon black manufacturer in the Iberian Peninsula, announced an investment of €5 million towards sustainability and energy efficiency projects, to increase its production from 80,000 to 95,000 tons per year.
Himadri Carbon Black has chosen Terra Firma Co. as its exclusive distributor for select end-use markets in the Northeast, Southeast and Southwest United States.
Ferro Corp., Mayfield Heights, Ohio, is expanding its production facility in Girardota, Colombia, to meet increasing global demand for its ultramarine blue and micronized iron oxide pigments.
Mason Color Works has conducted testing on its complex inorganic colored pigment 7389 Catalina alongside two additional pigments used in the pool industry.
ShayoNano has appointed Palmer Holland as its exclusive U.S. distributor for its line of hiding pigments for use in aqueous roof coatings, paints, industrial coatings and inks.
Specialty chemicals company Clariant announced a new partnership with Lintech International LLC to solely distribute its pigments for the plastics, coating and printing ink markets.
