Editorial

While Pigment Pricing Remains Critical, Quality, Consistency are Essential

The pigment industry has faced a great many challenges in recent years, in particular because of worldwide overcapacity and the influx of offshore products. This has led to decreases in prices for many products, and in some cases, dramatic reductions. As a result, the International Trade Commission (ITC) has stepped in. A January 2004 ruling by the ITC on carbazole violet 23 pigments states that “There is a reasonable indication that an industry in the United States is materially injured by rea...

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