Effect pigment manufacturer ECKART GmbH recently announced the appointment of Andreas Gipp as its third Managing Director.

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.

From BASF's Colors & Effects brand, Lumina® Royal Exterior Blue Russet S6903D is a semitransparent, bluish-russet shade effect pigment.

Zenexo GoldenShine WB 21 YY is suitable for automotive and waterborne coatings.

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.

Silberline, a global leader in aluminum effect pigments, is changing its company logo and tagline.

BASF has opened a new research laboratory in Besigheim, Germany, for pigments manufactured and marketed under the company's global brand Colors & Effects®.

ECKART's pigment innovation now allows metallic powder coatings with bonding quality – without using bonding equipment.