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IN THE NEWS

Clariant Expands
Pigments Laboratory for
Clariant’s newly equipped
African Market laboratory in Krugersdorp,
South Africa.
Clariant Pigments is expanding its pigments
laboratory near Johannesburg, South Africa.
To be officially opened and inaugurated
in early 2021, the new facility will service
the emerging Middle East and Africa paints
and coatings market, Clariant says.
The company says its investment in the
laboratory, which has taken more than 12
months to complete, will increase local
value-added color support services to the
coatings industry across Africa, Turkey and
the Middle East. The new facility also
offers increased local employment oppor-
tunities and in-house skills development
training in color technologies.
“Previously, we were only able to supply
pigments as raw materials, but we are
proud to now be offering a full spectrum of
value-added services including customized
color solutions, color matching services or
the development of own color recipes to
create an unlimited number of shades, for
example tinting systems,” says Rossitza
Dimitrova, Clariant Business Unit Pig-
ments Head of Technical Marketing,
Middle East and Africa. “To complete our
services we also offer technical marketing
and after sales support.”
The following ranges will be produced at
the facility:
Hostatint 500 and Colanyl 500, binder-
free pigment preparations for decorative
coatings
Hostatint A 100, a range of solvent-
based pigment preparations with high pig-
ment loading and good rheological
properties for industrial coatings
Hostafine, aqueous binder-free pigment
preparation range for water-based wood
coatings for wood stains and glazes
Hostatint A 100-ST, highly transparent
pigment preparations for solvent-based
paint systems for industrial coatings
“In South Africa there is a growing
demand for both locally produced and
sustainable colorants and at Clariant
Pigments we can now better serve the
local and regional coatings industry with
innovative and sustainable ranges of col-
orant solutions,” says Piers Kure, Clariant
Business Unit Pigments Head of Sales,
Sub Sahara, Africa.
www.clariant.com

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