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Pigment Producers Rely on Innovation, Cooperation to Move Forward

European producers are having to step up their technological efforts to ensure they hang on to key specialty segments.

The European market for printing ink pigments has become a two-tier sector, with the lower level comprising bulk commodity products dominated by imports. The upper level of more sophisticated colorants still remains the preserve of mostly European-based manufacturers. In fact, leading pigments makers, including BASF, Clariant and Ciba Specialty Chemicals, are now making a large proportion of their standard pigments in Asia while continuing to use Europe for the development and production of mor...

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