Clariant opens a pigment laboratory in South Africa

Clariant has opened a new pigment laboratory in Krugersdorp, near Johannesburg.
plant, which will open and open in early 2021, will serve the emerging Middle East and Africa paint and coatings market with a CAGR of more than 3% (2020-2025).
clariant laboratory will provide a full range of color support services to the coatings industry in Africa, Turkey and the Middle East.
new plant will also provide more local jobs and skills training in color technology.
", we could only supply pigment raw materials, but now we are proud to offer a full range of value-added services, including color customization solutions, color matching services or the development of our own color formulations.
we also provide technical marketing and after-sales support to complete our services.
," said Rositza Dimitrova, head of Clariant's Middle East and Africa Technology Marketing Pigments business. as one of the market leaders in sustainability,
's innovative solutions for all products used in the decorative and industrial markets, as well as for wood coatings, will involve pigments and pigment preparations that are lead-free, volatile organic compounds are low in content, and APOO-free (alkyl phenol ethyloxygenates).
include the following ranges: Hostatint™500 and Colanyl®500, a non-adhesive pigment preparation for decorative coatings, Hostatint A 100, a range of solvent-based pigment preparations with high pigment filling and good rheumoric properties for industrial coatings Hostafine® Water-based non-adhesive pigment preparation series for water-based wood coatings for wood stains and glazes, e.g. for furniture or floor Hostatint a 100-ST highly transparent pigment preparation for industrial coatings solvent-based coating systems to improve the quality of wood, glass, coils and metal effect coatings (e.g. computers, consumer goods, motorcycles).
In South Africa, as the demand for local colorants continues to grow, we at Clariant can better serve the local and regional coatings industry through an innovative and sustainable range of colorant solutions," said Piers Kure, head of Clariant's pigments business.