Pigments Offered: Blues (phthalocyanine,
alkali blue), Specialty Pigments (HPP, DDP)
BASF and PMC were still among the leaders in
alkali blue.
Also included is a pigment production plant at BASF Colorants & Chemicals in Shanghai, as well as the BASF Corporation's plant in Huntington, WV, in the United States, which produces
alkali blue.
The 6290Q is a green shade
alkali blue flush and the 6190U is a red shade
alkali blue flush.
The sale covers all facilities and activities of the business, including the production of
alkali blue at BASF Corporation's plant in Huntington, WV.
in Shanghai as well as the production of
alkali blue at the BASF Corporation's plant in Huntington, WV.
* Comments: BASF
Alkali Blue 6290Q is a quickset green shade flush that has lower viscosity for easier processing.
For just one example, PMC has abandoned its return to the
alkali blue market in the face of over-capacity in the market, leaving the field to BASF, Clariant and Hindustan Inks & Resins.
* BASF
Alkali Blue Flushes Comments: Product specifications in sieve grit were changed to less than 100 PPM, and all new master specifications were made available to reflect the new improved product.
This commitment includes our Huntington, WV, facility, which has produced
Alkali Blue for over 70 years and is the primary supply source worldwide.
We re-entered the
Alkali Blue market 18 months ago, reactivating a plant that had been idled in 1996.
Comments: Hindustan Inks and Resins has introduced
alkali blue in both flushes and dry powder forms, as well as azo and phthalocyanine pigment flushes.