Pigments, Pigment Preparations, Effect Pigments and Dyes

Our organic and inorganic pigments are suitable for all processing technologies such as injection moulding, extrusion and calendaring. They cover a broad colour spectrum as well as most requirements for virtually all polymers including heat stability, dispersibility, light and weather fastness.

Organic pigments

• Cinquasia® / Irgazin® pigments
  Selected members of these ranges characterised by their outstanding weathering resistance, processes those properties required for top quality colouration of plastics, fibres and speciality printing inks.
• Cromophtal® pigments
  The Cromophtal® range of high-grade organic pigments with very good fastness to light, heat, solvents and chemicals  is particularly suitable for the colouration of plastics, fibres and speciality printing inks. Selected members of the range also find use in other industries due to their excellent weathering fastness.
• Heliogen® pigments
  Phthalocyanine blue and green pigments with extremely good fastness and weatherability properties, excellent lot to lot consistency and compatibility with most resins. Some of these pigments are also very easy to disperse, which makes them outstanding in fibre applications.
• Irgalite® pigments
  In extension of the Lithol® range Irgalite® classical organic pigments vary appreciably in chemical type and in technical properties and are widely use in the plastics, fibres, paint, printing ink and allied industries.
• Lithol® pigments
  Azo colour lakes with medium to good fastness properties. One pigment has a significantly higher standard of fastness - indicated by the word "Fast" before the colour designation in the name.
• Paliogen® pigments
  High performance organic pigments with high colour strength and shades from yellowish red to violet. They exhibit outstanding fastness and weatherability properties. Excellent performer in engineering resins in very deep and bright shades.
• Paliotol® pigments
  Paliotol® is our trademark for a series of high performance organic yellow pigments from greenish to reddish shades. They are tailored to the processing and applications of your plastics. Two of them have outstanding heat stability in engineering resins.
• Rightfit®
  Organic pigments developed especially for the colouration of plastics packaging, in polyolefins very resistant to heat and FDA-approved, most show low warping.

Inorganic pigments

• Sicomin® pigments
  Chrome yellow and molybdate orange pigments. Lead chromate/lead sulphate mixed crystals (yellow) and lead chromate/lead molybdate/lead sulphate mixed crystals (red) with good to outstanding fastness properties. Some of the pigments are fast to sulphur dio.
• Sicopal® pigments
  Inorganic pigments with spinal structure based on various metal oxides. All Sicopal® pigments have excellent heat stabilities and outstanding fastness to light and weathering.
• Sicotan® pigments
  Inorganic mixed-phase yellow and brown pigments. They have excellent fastness to light, weathering, chemicals and heat, even in extreme reductions. Sicotan® pigments are suitable for use in blends with organic pigments for brilliant shades with high opacity. Their high heat stability makes them suitable in most resins. Our Chrome- and Nickel-Titanium yellows are available in low-dust, free-flowing forms.
• Sicotrans® pigments
  Transparent iron oxide pigments, extremely finely divided.

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BTC supplies BASF’s range of organic and inorganic pigment preparations specially developed for the mass colouration of plastics, as well as for manufacturing of master batches.

Our products are suitable for all processing technologies such as injection moulding, extrusion and calendering. They cover a broad spectrum of requirements for virtually all polymers which are beside others heat stability, dispersibility, light and weather fastness. Our ranges are developed for easy usage in industrial condition and optimum processing performance.

The benefits of our pigment preparations include: improved hygiene and safety on the work floor, enhanced productivity, faster colour matching and better reproducibility of the shades between lab and production, high level of processing performance and wide colour range

• Eupolen® preparations
  Highly concentrated mono-pigment preparations of organic pigments in polyethylene used in producing masterbatch. Eupolen show a very high degree of dispersion and thus offer an excellent lot to lot consistency.
• Eupolen® PA
  Concentrated organic/inorganic monopigment dispersed in polyamide in granular form for use in the manufacture of master batches; suitable for injection moulding applications and for the production of film, fibres and yarn.
• Eupolen® PE  
  Highly concentrated monopigment dispersed in a polyolefin for use in the manufacture of master batches. Supplied in the form of low-dusting powder and dust-free granules.
• Eupolen® PP  
  Concentrated organic/inorganic monopigment dispersed in polypropylene in granular form for use in the manufacture of master batches; suitable for injection moulding applications and for the production of film, fibres and yarn.
• Euvinyl® C preparations
  Mono-pigment concentrates for mass colorcolouration of PVC. The powder preparations contain pigments in optimum fine distribution.
• Microlen® MC
  The Microlen® MC pigment concentrate range consists of well proven pigments in a finely dispersed, free-flowing and dust-free form and is particularly suitable for the colorcolouration of Polyolefines. Pigment content is about 50% in a low molecular weight PE homopolymer. Microlen® MC pigment concentrates are also suitable for the colouration of most rubber compounds.
• Micranyl® NQ-F
  are mono-pigment dispersions in a vinyl carrier suitable for incorporation in practically all types of flexible, semi-rigid and rigid PVC compounds. Their free-flowing powder form allows clean, easy handling and the possibility of automatic metering. Conformity to non-fogging requirements permits use in automotive applications.
• Microlith®-K / KP
  The Microlith® range consists of specially prepared forms of many high grade pigments pre-dispersed in a vinyl copolymer resin, for PVC, acrylics and aromatic polyurethane, which require very good dispersibility (e.g. stretched calendered rigid PVC film, blown rigid PVC film, bottles, etc.)

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Our wide range of effect pigments provides unique possibilities for designers to innovate with attractive effects and shades. 

• Black Olive® effect pigment
  Black Olive® pigment is a black, mica-based effect pigment with champagne undertones. This revolutionary product actually extends the range of absorption colours possible with mica-based pigments to brown-black shades.
• Dynacolor® effect pigments
  Dynacolor® pearlescent pigments are specially engineered to add dramatic visual effects and a high degree of colour purity and intensity coatings, printing inks and plastics.
• Firemist® effect pigments
  Firemist® patented borosilicate-based pigments bring products to life with brilliant colour and glittering effects. These advanced pigments, which create an exceptionally high visual impact, are specially formulated to out-perform traditional pearlescent pigments in chroma, colour purity, brightness, transparency and reflectivity.
• Lumina® effect pigments
  Lumina® colours are mica-based effect pigments that create intriguing and dramatic visual effects in a wide variety of applications. High chromacity, colour purity and clarity.
• MagnaPearl® effect pigments
  MagnaPearl® pearlescent pigments are specially engineered to deliver superior whiteness, brilliance and coverage. Available in a variety of particle sizes, MagnaPearl pigments create extraordinary optical effects ranging from a fine-grained luster to a bold silvery-white sparkle.
• Mearlin® luster effect pigments
  Mearlin® pearlescent pigments are mica platelets coated with titanium dioxide and/or iron oxide that provide both colour and exciting visual effects to a variety of coatings, plastics and printing ink applications.
• Mearlite® luster effect pigments
  Mearlite® luster pigments impart a range of optical effects from a soft, satin luster to a sharp, metallic brilliance in plastics, coatings and inks. These effects are due to plate-like crystals of bismuth oxychloride that have a silver-white and transparent appearance
• Paliocrom® effect pigments
  Lamellar effect pigments based on iron-oxide-coated aluminium flakes. A characteristic feature is the unique combination of very good hiding power, gloss and outstanding chroma. Combinations with other pigments open up styling possibilities across the entire colour spectrum.
• Santa Fe® effect pigments
  Santa Fe® colours are a significant advance in special effect pigment technology that enliven surfaces with a complex interplay of colour, luster and dimensionality. Their dynamic effect arises because, unlike most other mica-based pigments with true two-quadrant technologies.

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Our range of dyes provides attractive solutions, especially to respond to the specific challenges of the colorcolouration of engineering plastics. This range also includes plastic-soluble Lumogen® F fluorescent dyes and Lumogen® IR absorbers for laser welding of coloured and transparent polymers.

• Filamid® dyes
  The Filamid® dyes are a range of polymer soluble dyes for spin colorcolouration of polyamide fibres and plastics.
• Lumogen® F dyes
  Highly purified fluorescent dyes with excellent heat and light stability in amorphous resins for fluorescence collectors.
• Oracet / Filester® dyes
  This range consists of polymer soluble colorcolourants selected and controlled for the use in plastic industry. They provide excellent transparency with good fastness properties in styrenic and acrylic polymers, many engineering plastics and in cellulose acetate.
• Thermoplast® dyes
  High performance dyestuffs created specifically for use in plastics. Their excellent light fastness and high heat stability make them suitable in many resins.

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We supply high-quality organic and inorganic coloured pigments for application in automotive coatings (OEM and refinishing, solid and effect shades). Paliocrom®, Black Olive®, Magna Pearl®, Mearlite®, Lumina®, Mearlin®, Firemist®, Dynacolor® and Santa Fe® are  effect pigments which open up new possibilities for the colour designer to obtain attractive effects and shades. We supply products of consistent quality made to narrow tolerances.

Effect Pigments

• Paliocrom® effect pigments
  Lamellar effect pigments based on iron-oxide-coated aluminum flakes. A characteristic feature is the unique combination of very good hiding power, gloss and outstanding chroma. Combinations with other pigments open up styling possibilities across the entire colour spectrum.
• Black Olive® effect pigment
  Black Olive® pigment is a black, mica-based effect pigment with champagne undertones. This revolutionary product actually extends the range of absorption colours possible with mica-based pigments to brown-black shades.
  
• Dynacolor® effect pigments
  Dynacolor® pearlescent pigments are specially engineered to add dramatic visual effects and a high degree of colour purity and intensity coatings, printing inks and plastics.
  
• Firemist® effect pigments
  Firemist® patented borosilicate-based pigments bring products to life with brilliant colour and glittering effects. These advanced pigments, which create an exceptionally high visual impact, are specially formulated to out-perform traditional pearlescent pigments in chroma, colour purity, brightness, transparency and reflectivity.
  
• Lumina® effect pigments
  Lumina® colours are mica-based effect pigments that create intriguing and dramatic visual effects in a wide variety of applications.
  
• MagnaPearl® effect pigments
  MagnaPear®l pearlescent pigments are specially engineered to deliver superior whiteness, brilliance and coverage. Available in a variety of particle sizes, MagnaPearl pigments create extraordinary optical effects ranging from a fine-grained luster to a bold silvery-white sparkle.
  
• Mearlin® luster effect pigments
  Mearlin® pearlescent pigments are mica platelets coated with titanium dioxide and/or iron oxide that provide both colour and exciting visual effects to a variety of coatings, plastics and printing ink applications.
  
• Mearlite® luster effect pigments
  Mearlite® luster pigments impart a range of optical effects from a soft, satin luster to a sharp, metallic brilliance in plastics, coatings and inks. These effects are due to plate-like crystals of bismuth oxychloride that have a silver-white and transparent appearance.
  
• Santa Fe® effect pigments
  Santa Fe® coloros are a significant advance in special effect pigment technology that enliven surfaces with a complex interplay of colour, luster and dimensionality. Their dynamic effect arises because, unlike most other mica-based pigments with true two-quadrant technologies.
  

Standard Pigments

• Heliogen® pigments
  Phthalocyanine blue and green pigments with extremely good fastness and weatherability properties. With the exception of Heliogen® Blue L 7460, which is metal-free, all Heliogen® pigments are copper phthalocyanine pigments. The individual pigments differ from one another in their hue, colour strength, chroma, transparency, dispersibility, flow properties and resistance to flocculation and bronzing.
• Paliogen® pigments
  Organic pigments with various chemical compositions and a very high standard of fastness. The range includes opaque und transparent red perylenes as well as indanthrone blue.
• Paliotan® pigments
  Hybrid pigments containing organic and inorganic components with both high chroma and high hiding power. The pigments allow the manufacture of high-quality, economic formulations in the yellow-orange-red colour range.
• Paliotol® pigments
  Organic yellow and orange pigments with various chemical compositions. These pigments exhibit high hiding power and good dispersibility. They are very versatile and have a high standard of fastness.
• Sicomin® pigments
  Chrome yellow and molybdate orange pigments. Lead chromate/lead sulphate mixed crystals (yellow) and lead chromate/lead molybdate/lead sulphate mixed crystals (red) with good to outstanding fastness properties. Some of the pigments are fast to sulphur dioxide.
• Sicopal® pigments
  Yellow lead and chromate-free inorganic bismuthvanadate pigments for brilliant yellow, orange, red and green shades with good gloss and hiding power. Extremely suitable for automotive finishes (OEM and refinish) and for high-grade industrial paints.
• Sicotan® pigments
  Inorganic mixed-phase pigments with a rutile structure (nickel and chromium titanium yellow). Even in very pale shades, these pigments have an excellent standard of light and weather fastness and are stable to chemicals and extremely stable to heat. Combination with organic pigments allows the economic production of a wide range of brilliant shades with good hiding power and excellent fastness properties.
• Sicotrans® pigments
  Extremely finely divided, transparent iron oxide pigments of high purity for use in solid and effect colours. The strong UV absorption of Sicotrans® pigments increases the weather resistance of binders and mixed pigments.

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We offer a wide range of organic and inorganic coloured pigments in all grades and price brackets for pigmenting architectural finishes and emulsion paints. They are available as powders or liquid formulations for water-based and solvent-based systems, and as stir-in pigments for water-based systems. For wood glazes, we also supply liquid preparations and stir-in pigments based on transparent iron oxides, as well as soluble dyes in both liquid and powder form.

Decorative paints and pigments for paints

Effect Pigments

• Paliocrom® effect pigments
  Lamellar effect pigments based on iron-oxide-coated aluminum flakes. A characteristic feature is the unique combination of very good hiding power, gloss and outstanding chroma. Combinations with other pigments open up styling possibilities across the entire color spectrum.
• Black Olive® effect pigment
  Black Olive® pigment is a black, mica-based effect pigment with champagne undertones. This revolutionary product actually extends the range of absorption colours possible with mica-based pigments to brown-black shades.
• Dynacolor® effect pigments
  Dynacolor® pearlescent pigments are specially engineered to add dramatic visual effects and a high degree of colour purity and intensity coatings, printing inks and plastics.
• Firemist® effect pigments
  Firemist® patented borosilicate-based pigments bring products to life with brilliant colour and glittering effects. These advanced pigments, which create an exceptionally high visual impact, are specially formulated to out-perform traditional pearlescent pigments in chroma, colour purity, brightness, transparency and reflectivity.
• Lumina® effect pigments
  Lumina® colours are mica-based effect pigments that create intriguing and dramatic visual effects in a wide variety of applications.
• MagnaPearl® effect pigments
  MagnaPearl® pearlescent pigments are specially engineered to deliver superior whiteness, brilliance and coverage. Available in a variety of particle sizes, MagnaPearl pigments create extraordinary optical effects ranging from a fine-grained luster to a bold silvery-white sparkle.
• Mearlin® luster effect pigments
  Mearlin® pearlescent pigments are mica platelets coated with titanium dioxide and/or iron oxide that provide both colour and exciting visual effects to a variety of coatings, plastics and printing ink applications.
• Mearlite® luster effect pigments
  Mearlite® luster pigments impart a range of optical effects from a soft, satin luster to a sharp, metallic brilliance in plastics, coatings and inks. These effects are due to plate-like crystals of bismuth oxychloride that have a silver-white and transparent appearance.
• Santa Fe® effect pigments
  Santa Fe® coloros are a significant advance in special effect pigment technology that enliven surfaces with a complex interplay of colour, luster and dimensionality. Their dynamic effect arises because, unlike most other mica-based pigments with true two-quadrant technologies.

Standard Pigments

• Heliogen® pigments
  Phthalocyanine blue and green pigments with extremely good fastness and weatherability properties. With the exception of Heliogen® Blue L 7460, which is metal-free, all Heliogen® pigments are copper phthalocyanine pigments. The individual pigments differ from one another in their hue, colour strength, chroma, transparency, dispersibility, flow properties and resistance to flocculation and bronzing.
• Paliogen® pigments
  Organic pigments with various chemical compositions and a very high standard of fastness. The range includes opaque und transparent red perylenes as well as indanthrone blue.
• Paliotan® pigments
  Hybrid pigments containing organic and inorganic components with both high chroma and high hiding power. The pigments allow the manufacture of high-quality, economic formulations in the yellow-orange-red colour range.
• Paliotol® pigments
  Organic yellow and orange pigments with various chemical compositions. These pigments exhibit high hiding power and good dispersibility. They are very versatile and have a high standard of fastness.
• Sicopal® pigments
  Yellow lead and chromate-free inorganic bismuthvanadate pigments for brilliant yellow, orange, red and green shades with good gloss and hiding power. Extremely suitable for automotive finishes (OEM and refinish) and for high-grade industrial paints.
• Sico® pigments
  Economic organic pigments with a moderate standard of fastness.
• Sicotan® pigments
  Inorganic mixed-phase pigments with a rutile structure (nickel and chromium titanium yellow). Even in very pale shades, these pigments have an excellent standard of light and weather fastness and are stable to chemicals and extremely stable to heat. Combination with organic pigments allows the economic production of a wide range of brilliant shades with good hiding power and excellent fastness properties.
• Sicotrans® pigments
  Extremely finely divided, transparent iron oxide pigments of high purity for use in solid and effect colours. The strong UV absorption of Sicotrans pigments increases the weather resistance of binders and mixed pigments.

Stir-in-pigments for decorative coatings

• Xfast®
  The Xfast® grades are Stir-in-pigments in the form of free-flowing, low-dusting granules that can be stirred directly into aqueous coating formulations. Laborious dispersion of powder pigments becomes unnecessary. Xfast® Stir-in-pigments therefore combine the advantages of powder pigments and pigment preparations.

Preparations for decorative coatings

• Luconyl® preparations
  Preparations of organic and inorganic pigments with non-ionic dispersing agent (transparent iron oxides contain an anionic dispersing agent). The main fields of application are: emulsion paints, gloss emulsion paints, full-tone paints and stainers based on aqueous binders, water-thinnable paints, textured finishes, whitewashes, distempers, coatings for wallpaper and coloured papers and aqueous wood glazes.
• Luconyl® E preparations
  A solvent-free alternative to Luconyl® preparations and a further development of the Luconyl® G series.
• Luconyl® G preparations
  Solvent-free alternative to Luconyl® preparations.
• Sicoflush® L preparations
  Preparations of organic and inorganic pigments based on long-oil linseed oil alkyde for wood preservative coatings.
• Sicoflush® P preparations
  Preparations of organic and inorganic pigments in a binder of very wide compatibility (special aldehyde resin); suitable for practically all solvent based paints and for tinters.

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Coatings and finishes protect wood and enhance its natural beauty. We supply high-quality pigments, preparations, stir-in pigments, dyes and resins for this purpose.

Our focus is on products and processes that require little energy in curing and produce no, or very low, emissions in use. Our product range includes colourants and resins for manufacturing waterborne paints, wood glazes and paints, high-solids polyurethane coatings, radiation-curing and acid-curing coatings and polyester coatings.

Pigments for wood coatings

• Sicotrans® Pigments
  Extremely finely divided, transparent iron oxide pigments for very weatherfast coatings such as exterior wood stains and automotive effect paints. The strong UV absorption of the pigments gives added protection to substrate and binder.

Stir-in-pigments for wood coatings

• Xfast®
  The Xfast® grades are Stir-in-pigments in the form of free-flowing, low-dusting granules that can be stirred directly into aqueous coating formulations. Laborious dispersion of powder pigments becomes unnecessary. Xfast® Stir-in-pigments therefore combine the advantages of powder pigments and pigment preparations.

Dyes for wood coatings

• Basantol® liquid dyes
  Highly concentrated, stable, liquid, anionic dyes for aqueous wood stains and wood stains that are fast to overcoating. Basantol® Liquid dyes can be thinned with water/ alcohol/ glycol mixtures.
• Basantol® U liquid dyes
  Highly concentrated, stable liquid metal complex dyes for aqueous solvent-based wood stains, can be diluted with blends of ethanol/Solvenon® PM/acetone, outstanding resistance to overcoating with water-borne coating systems.
• Neozapon® dyes
  Metal-complex dyes with good to very good solubility in polar solvents; almost insoluble in water.

Preparations for wood coatings

• Luconyl® preparations
  Preparations of organic and inorganic pigments with non-ionic dispersing agent (transparent iron oxides contain an anionic dispersing agent). The main fields of application are: emulsion paints, gloss emulsion paints, full-tone paints and stainers based on aqueous binders, water-thinnable paints, textured finishes, whitewashes, distempers, coatings for wallpaper and colored papers and aqueous wood glazes.
• Luconyl® E preparations
  A solvent-free alternative to the Luconyl® preparations and a further development of the Luconyl® G series.
• Luconyl® G preparations
  Solvent-free alternative to Luconyl® preparations.
• Sicoflush® L preparations
  Preparations of organic and inorganic pigments based on long-oil linseed oil alkyde for wood preservative coatings.
• Sicoflush® P preparations
  Preparations of organic and inorganic pigments in a binder of very wide compatibility (special aldehyde resin); suitable for practically all solvent based paints and for tinters.

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In addition to organic and inorganic coloured pigments, preparations and dyes for the high-quality, cost-efficient colouration of industrial coatings, our product line includes a wide range of resins ((link to product line resins))for different requirements and processing methods.

We supply customized solutions for every application, including matching systems, pigments for coil coating, and colourants for powder coatings. A colour-matching service for standardized shades such as RAL shades und corporate colours rounds out our offer.

Pigments for industrial coatings

Effect Pigments

• Paliocrom® effect pigments
  Lamellar effect pigments based on iron-oxide-coated aluminum flakes. A characteristic feature is the unique combination of very good hiding power, gloss and outstanding chroma. Combinations with other pigments open up styling possibilities across the entire colour spectrum.
• Black Olive® effect pigment
  Black Olive® pigment is a black, mica-based effect pigment with champagne undertones. This revolutionary product actually extends the range of absorption colours possible with mica-based pigments to brown-black shades.
  
• Dynacolor® effect pigments
  Dynacolor® pearlescent pigments are specially engineered to add dramatic visual effects and a high degree of colour purity and intensity coatings, printing inks and plastics.
  
• Firemist® effect pigments
  Firemist® patented borosilicate-based pigments bring products to life with brilliant colour and glittering effects. These advanced pigments, which create an exceptionally high visual impact, are specially formulated to out-perform traditional pearlescent pigments in chroma, colour purity, brightness, transparency and reflectivity.
  
• Lumina® effect pigments
  Lumina® colours are mica-based effect pigments that create intriguing and dramatic visual effects in a wide variety of applications.
  
• MagnaPearl® effect pigments
  MagnaPearl® pearlescent pigments are specially engineered to deliver superior whiteness, brilliance and coverage. Available in a variety of particle sizes, MagnaPearl pigments create extraordinary optical effects ranging from a fine-grained luster to a bold silvery-white sparkle.
  
• Mearlin® luster effect pigments
  Mearlin® pearlescent pigments are mica platelets coated with titanium dioxide and/or iron oxide that provide both colour and exciting visual effects to a variety of coatings, plastics and printing ink applications.
  
• Mearlite® luster effect pigments
  Mearlite® luster pigments impart a range of optical effects from a soft, satin luster to a sharp, metallic brilliance in plastics, coatings and inks. These effects are due to plate-like crystals of bismuth oxychloride that have a silver-white and transparent appearance.
  
• Santa Fe® effect pigments
  Santa Fe® coloros are a significant advance in special effect pigment technology that enliven surfaces with a complex interplay of colour, luster and dimensionality. Their dynamic effect arises because, unlike most other mica-based pigments with true two-quadrant technologies.
  

Standard Pigments

• Heliogen® pigments
  Phthalocyanine blue and green pigments with extremely good fastness and weatherability properties. With the exception of Heliogen® Blue L 7460, which is metal-free, all Heliogen® pigments are copper phthalocyanine pigments. The individual pigments differ from one another in their hue, color strength, chroma, transparency, dispersibility, flow properties and resistance to flocculation and bronzing.
• Lithol® pigments
  Azo lakes (metal salts) of organic azo pigments suitable for overcoating when used in baking finishes. To guarantee the high light fastness and weather resistance of the Lithol® pigments, only manganese salts are used for this range.
• Paliogen® pigments
  Organic pigments with various chemical compositions and a very high standard of fastness. The range includes opaque und transparent red perylenes as well as indanthrone blue.
• Paliotan® pigments
  Hybrid pigments containing organic and inorganic components with both high chroma and high hiding power. The pigments allow the manufacture of high-quality, economic formulations in the yellow-orange-red colour range.
• Paliotol® pigments
  Organic yellow and orange pigments with various chemical compositions. These pigments exhibit high hiding power and good dispersibility. They are very versatile and have a high standard of fastness.
• Sicomin® pigments
  Chrome yellow and molybdate orange pigments. Lead chromate/lead sulphate mixed crystals (yellow) and lead chromate/lead molybdate/lead sulphate mixed crystals (red) with good to outstanding fastness properties. Some of the pigments are fast to sulphur dioxide.
• Sicopal® pigments
  Yellow lead and chromate-free inorganic bismuthvanadate pigments for brilliant yellow, orange, red and green shades with good gloss and hiding power. Extremely suitable for automotive finishes (OEM and refinish) and for high-grade industrial paints.
• Sico® pigments
  Economic organic pigments with a moderate standard of fastness.
• Sicotan® pigments
  Inorganic mixed-phase pigments with a rutile structure (nickel and chromium titanium yellow). Even in very pale shades, these pigments have an excellent standard of light and weather fastness and are stable to chemicals and extremely stable to heat. Combination with organic pigments allows the economic production of a wide range of brilliant shades with good hiding power and excellent fastness properties.

Dyes for industrial coatings

• Basantol® liquid dyes
  Highly concentrated, stable, liquid, anionic dyes for aqueous wood stains and wood stains that are fast to overcoating. Basantol® liquid dyes can be thinned with water/ alcohol/ glycol mixtures.
• Basantol® U liquid dyes
  Highly concentrated, stable liquid metal complex dyes for aqueous solvent-based wood stains, can be diluted with blends of ethanol/Solvenon® PM/acetone, outstanding resistance to overcoating with water-borne coating systems.
• Neozapon® dyes
  Metal-complex dyes with good to very good solubility in polar solvents; almost insoluble in water.

Preparations for industrial coatings

• Sicoflush® L preparations
  Preparations of organic and inorganic pigments based on long-oil linseed oil alkyde for wood preservative coatings.
• Sicoflush® P preparations
  Preparations of organic and inorganic pigments in a binder of very wide compatibility (special aldehyde resin); suitable for practically all solvent based paints and for tinters.
• Sicomix® IR preparations
  Sicomix®-IR preparations are pigment mixtures for the coatings industry whose colouristic and coating properties and IR reflectance have been individually developed and optimized.
• Sicomix® preparations
  Sicomix® preparations are pigment blends for the coatings industry. These extremely well homogenized mixed pigments make it possible largely to avoid colour separation and shade variations.

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Particle boards, MDF/HDF plates colouration

Particle boards, MDF/HDF plates colouration: Dispers® preparations, Basonyl® dyestuffs
Particle boards, MDF/HDF plates and similar products are often coloured for marketing reasons. The colouration is happening in the aqueous wood/glue mass with aqueous pigment preparations or basic dyestuffs. BTC offers you also preparations for labelling the different qualities for example for use in moist atmosphere applications, for conductible applications and to mark fire resistant boards.

Design MDF colouration

Design MDF colouration: Dispers® preparations
Special developed and innovative Dispers® preparations open new perspectives in mass colouring and marketing of Design MDF plates. For your individual applications and designs, BTC offers a wide colour range in different colour shades for MDF plates.

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Pigment preparations and dyes for fertilizers

Colour range of preparations and dyes for fertilizers: Dispers® preparations and Basovit® dyes
Fertilizers are coloured for marketing reasons or for the marking of the different qualities. Usually a water based pigment preparation like Dispers® is diluted and sprayed onto the fertilizer or incorporated into a melt. The quality and high efficiency of our Dispers® products allow low concentrations within the range of 200 - 1000 ppm in order to achieve high colour strength. In addition BTC offers also anionic food dyestuffs like Basovit® dyes as an alternative to aqueous pigment preparations such as Dispers®. BTC offers a wide colour range of preparations and dyes for fertilizers: Dispers® preparations and Basovit® dyes.

Pigment preparations and dyes for seed

Products for seed colouration: Dispers® preparations and dyes like Basonyl® Red 545 liquid, Basonyl® Red 555 liquid and Basovit®
Seeds are coloured for marking and as a warning reference and/or pelletized for better handling. A seed treatment ink, which is an aqueous solution of crop protections including additives are coloured with a water based preparation (Dispers®) or dyestuffs (Basonyl®, Basovit®). With this treatment the seeds are coated. Most important colour is red but in addition, all other colours are possible. The concentration of the colourants is approx. 100 - 600 ppm. BTC offers the following products for seed colouration: Dispers® preparations and dyes like Basonyl® Red 545 liquid, Basonyl® Red 555 liquid and Basovit®.

Pigments, pigment preparations and dyes for crop protections

Crop protection colourants: Organic pigments like Heliogen®, pigment preparations like Dispers® or Pigmosol® and dyestuffs like Basacid®, Basovit® or Basonyl®
Crop protections are coloured for marking or for marketing reasons. According whether it is a powder, an aqueous or an oily liquid application, dyestuffs or pigment preparations can be used. The concentrations are usually within a few ppm range. BTC range of crop protection colourants: Organic pigments like Heliogen®, pigment preparations like Dispers® or Pigmosol® and dyestuffs like Basacid®, Basovit® or Basonyl®.

See also our information about 'Fertilizer, seed and crop protection colouration' on the 'Speciality Colourants Industry' page.

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Dyes for ball point pen inks

Ball point pen inks are solutions of dyestuffs and special resins in phenoxyethanol and/or benzyle alcohol or similar solvents. The dyestuffs are usually dissolved with temperature and the pastes are afterwards filtered or centrifuged. The dyestuff concentrations are mostly between 10 - 20 %.
BTC colourants for ball point pen inks are very economic in use due to their high colour strengths and excellent price/performance ratio: Neptun® Bases, Neptun® Black X17 liquid, Neozapon® dyestuffs

Dyes for aqueous writing inks

They are in use for felt tip and fibre tip pens and also for roller ball systems. Dyestuff concentration is typically between 3-5 % and will be dissolved without binders in water glycol mixtures.
BTC offers a wide range of different colours for aqueous writing inks: Basacid® and Basovit® and some Basonyl® dyestuffs. For pigmented inks Dispers® and Pigmosol® preparations are also in use. Basovit® and Basacid® grades which are suitable for writing inks colourations are compliant to regulations pertaining to colourants for food contact applications and toys.

Dyes for solvent based inks

Colourants for solvent based inks: Basonyl® dyestuffs, Neptunl® dyestuffs, Neozapon® dyestuffs
Solvent based inks are used for permanent markers and OHP (Overhead Pens). These inks contain binders for adhesion on plastic and metal substrates. Colourants for solvent based inks from BTC: Basonyl® dyestuffs, Neptunl® dyestuffs, Neozapon® dyestuffs.

Dyes for ink jet inks

There are two different kinds of ink jet inks in use: Aqueous inks for the refill market of the office and wide range printers and solvent based ink jet inks for packaging.
BTC offers for the aqueous ink jet inks the range of Basacid® dyestuffs and for solvent ink jet inks Neozapon® dyestuffs.

Magnet pigments for MICR toners   

BTC offers a magnetic pigment for coding purposes and especially for MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) toners: Magnetic Black S 0045.

Colourants (pigments, dyes, pigment preparations) for coloured pencils

For the production of coloured pencils usually organic pigments are dispersed in kaolin plus additives. Leads are manufactured with this mass and will be embedded in wood.
BTC offers a wide range of pigments and pigment preparations for bright colours. Most of them are compliant to regulations pertaining to colourants for food contact applications and toys: Heliogen®, Fanal®, Lithol® and Sico® pigments, Lumogen® Yellow S 0790 for markers, Dispers® preparations.

Colourants (pigments, dyes, pigment preparations) artist colours

Organic and inorganic pigments are dispersed into aqueous and oily systems. The light fastness of these pigments should be as high as possible.
Due to their excellent light fastness and colour strength, BTC's pigments and preparations are widely in use for artist colours: Fanal®, Heliogen®, Lithol®, Paliogen®, Paliotol®, Sico® and Lumogen® Yellow S 0790 pigments, Dispers® and Pigmosol® preparations.

See also our information about 'Office requisites colouration' on the 'Speciality Colourants Industry' page.

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Pigment preparations for the colouration of powder detergents

Usually only speckles are coloured, which are then mixed with the white washing powder. In the aqueous phase of the production aqueous pigment preparations are added. The BTC range of colourants consist of following products, which are easy to handle and offer an excellent price/performance ratio: Dispers® and Pigmosol® preparations

Dyes for colouration of tablets for dishwasher

Nowadays mainly tablets are used in rinsing agents for dishwashers. They are coloured in different layers. For colouring tablets, only dyestuffs are in use, because pigments may stick into cracks of the dishwasher or the plastic dishes.
BTC's dyestuffs are compliant to regulations for food contact applications: Basovit®

Pigment preparations and dyes for  colouration of liquid cleaners

All liquid cleaners for household, dishwashing and textiles are usually coloured with dyestuffs. Colourations of cleaners with low viscosity using pigments can cause settlements. BTC's Pigmosol® pigment preparations can solve this problem.
Neozapon® dyestuffs have an excellent light stability in the respective pH range and a high resistance against aggressive additives. BTC offers also Basacid® and Basovit® dyestuffs. Basovit® is compliant to regulations for food contact applications.

See also our 'Detergence & home care industry' page.

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Pigments and pigment preparations for  the  colouration of cement, concrete, flowing concrete and grout mass

Colourants for cement, concrete and grout mass: Pigmosol® preparations
Cement, concrete and grout mass are coloured for marketing reasons and for the purpose of marking. Commonly inorganic pigments are used due to their high fastness. Also pigment preparations are possible, which can be incorporated into aqueous systems.

Pigments and pigment preparations for  the  colouration of floor covering and adhesives

Colourants for floor covering and adhesives: Dispers® preparations, Pigmosol® preparations
Composition floors as well as adhesives are coloured more and more.
For fastness reasons high lightfast pigments are preferred. We recommend incorporating pigment preparations.

See also our 'Construction industry' page.

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Colourants for crack detections: Basacid® Yellow 226, Lumogen® Yellow S 0790, Basonyl®Red dyestuffs
For examination of possible cracks in metal materials so called crack detection inks can be used. Cracks in the metal surface absorb a higher amount of this ink which can be detected under UV-light.

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Colourants for cigarette papers: Sicopur Pigments
The papers for the cigarette filters are mostly coloured brownish or printed with brown cork design. Exclusively FDA approved iron oxides are in use. Either the paper is coloured in the production process or white paper is printed with solvent based printing inks.

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Basic complex inorganic pigments: Sicocer® ceramic stains
Under the trade name Sicocer® BTC offers ceramic stains made by BASF. The main fields of application for ceramic stains are the tile industry (wall-, floor-, unglazed stoneware-, split- and roof tiles), sanitary ware, tableware and enamel ware.

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We supply a comprehensive range of organic pigments, preparations, dyes and resins for manufacturing inks for all printing processes. Our organic pigments are used to make inks for all printing processes: offset, gravure, flexographic, screen and special. Our range also includes Dispers pigment preparations for water-based inks and Basonyl® dyes for alcohol-based inks - both of which are used for flexographic and special printing - as well as Neozapon® dyes for flexographic and gravure printing. BASF’s inorganic magnetic pigments were developed for the production of magnetizable printing inks.

Dyes for graphic arts

• Basonyl® dyes
  Cationic dyes for the printing inks industry (powder and liquid grades) with high brilliance and good solubility or thinnability in alcohols and glycol ethers. Some of the powder dyes are also soluble in water.
• Neozapon® dyes
  Metal-complex dyes with good to very good solubility in polar solvents, virtually insoluble in water, that are used to make flexographic and gravure inks.
• Neptun® bases
  Very pure colour bases containing an extremely small proportion of insoluble constituents. Soluble in acids (e.g. long-chain fatty acids), acid waxes and acid resins. Used to brighten publication gravure inks.
• Cheque dyes
  Dye for security papers

Pigments for graphic arts

• Fanal® pigments
  The Fanal® pigments are lakes of basic dyes with inorganic complex acids.
• Heliogen® pigments
  High performance phthalocyanine blue and green pigments suitable for the most demanding applications. Good dispersability, compatibility, and lot to lot consistency make these products an excellent choice for all applications.
• Lithol® pigments
  Organic azo pigments with moderate fastness properties and good dispersability.
• Lumogen® pigments
  Brilliant daylight fluorescent organic pigment for special fields of application.
• Magnetic pigments
  Magnetizable iron oxides for the manufacture of magnetic coatings for coding purposes. Spherical iron powder for special applications.
• Paliogen® pigments
  The Paliogen® products are a line of organic pigments with exceptional fastness properties. Paliogen® Black S 0084, which is transparent in the infrared region, is used in specialty printing inks.
• Paliotol® pigments
  Brilliant, high-performance organic pigments with good fastness properties for the manufacture of packaging and tinplate printing inks.

Preparations for graphic arts

• Dispers
  Free-flowing, water-based preparations of organic and inorganic pigments with nonionic dispersing agents for water-thinnable printing inks.

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Iridescent films or special effect films lend visual excitement to a variety of consumer goods and help their manufacturers differentiate products in an increasingly competitive marketplace.

How Iridescent Films Work
BASF's untinted Aurora® iridescent films express colour and iridescence through light interference - not with pigments or dyes. Uniquely crafted from more than 100 layers of nano-thin polymers, Aurora® iridescent films actually separate white light to create a rainbow of reflections. As your viewing angle shifts, so do the brilliant hues.

Pick A Colour - Any Colour - for Laminating, Glitter and Threads
Aurora® special effect films offer an unlimited colour pallet to work from when used in combination with different background colours and materials. Lamination to a white background for example gives a pure reflection colour at the specular angle. Transmission colours appear at other angles as light passing through the film reflects from the white substrate and passes through the film a second time. Lamination to a coloured background retains the reflection colour but changes the transmission colour.

A range of tinted and untinted Aurora® iridescent films are special effect films produced by BASF in a variety of polymers and thicknesses and with a broad range of thermal, mechanical and chemical properties. The Aurora® decorative and glitter iridescent films may be used alone or with other films, graphics, background colours or embossing to achieve eye-catching effects.

Aurora® iridescent films are available with a standard finish or a satin finish. The satin finish contains a pigment that reduces gloss and creates a silky look with just a touch of opaqueness. Satin colours include satin blue (SB), satin green (SG), satin yellow (SY), satin red (SR) and satin white (S).

Laminating Films
Aurora® laminating films are used in the following applications:

• Laminating films for over lamination
• Laminating films for PVC/polyethylene/polyester films
• Laminating films for ribbon stock/cloth
• Laminating films for paper/board

• Aurora® special effect film 8511
  The Aurora® special effect films 8511 with PBT skin are general purpose iridescent films which are mainly used in many unsupported decorative lamination films applications, such as gift overwrap.  It is also used in some solvent lamination applications. The Aurora® 8511 iridescent film is available in BG, BV, RG and RR reflection colours.
• Aurora® special effect film 8911
  Aurora® special effect films 8911with PBT skin are iridescent films which are very similar to 8511, however with lower colour intensity and can be used in the same decorative lamination films applications. The Aurora® 8911 iridescent films are available in BG, BV, RG and RR reflection colours.
• Aurora® special effect film 8531
  Aurora® special effect films 8531 with PETG skin are general purpose iridescent films, used mainly in decorative lamination films applications to paper and plastic for gift wrap, garland, gift bags, etc. The Aurora® 8531 laminating films have best surface for printing. 
• Aurora® special effect film 8851
  Aurora® special effect films 8851 with a PMMA skin are used mainly for decorative lamination for packaging films. These iridescent films have high colour intensity and excellent gloss. The Aurora® lamination films 8851 are available in RY, SR reflection colours
• Aurora® special effect film 4781
  The Aurora® special effect films 4781 with LLDPE skin are specially designed for lamination to polyethylene for shopping bags and other flexible decorative packaging applications. The Aurora® 4781 iridescent films have the colour RG.
• Aurora® special effect film 9851
  The iridescent Aurora® special effect films 9851 with PBT skin, the Diamond Fire types, are characterized by a very high colour intensity. The Aurora® 9851 iridescent films are used for decorative lamination applications as well as for sequins and glitter. Available reflection colours are RG and RY.

To get more information about our Aurora® iridescent films please contact your local BTC sales representative. Our sales team has the mission to respond quickly to our customer’s needs and provide solutions at the best possible.

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Our Puricolor® dyes and Vibracolor® pigment dispersions are used in bar soaps, liquid soaps, shampoos and body lotions.


Puricolor® dyes

PURICOLOR® dyes are high quality FDA certified and globally approved cosmetic dyes and pigments.
The PURICOLOR® pigment range consists of inorganic minerals like iron oxides and ultramarines. These are highly durable and withstand even high alkalinity. For brighter shades however, the synthetic PURICOLOR® organic dyes are the better choice, but has to be taken to choose dyes with suffi cient alkaline stability. The dyes can be easily dissolved in water prior to addition to the soap base.

Vibracolour® pigment dispersions

VIBRACOLOR® pigment dispersions are ideal for bar soap colouration. The pigments in this range are specifi cally chosen for the needs of bar soap colouration, thus meeting stability criteria, allow for easy handling, and providing strong and bright colorcolours.
VIBRACOLOR® pigment dispersions are aqueous based dispersions. They can be readily diluted in water to prepare stock-solutions to dose to the production line. There is no need to pre-disperse or to use high shear and the resulting colourations are very homogeneous even at low shear. The right particle size is important for best results. Too big particles result in inferior strength. Smaller particles, at the same concentration, deliver higher strength colourations. The particle size in VIBRACOLOR® dispersions is optimized to provide maximum strength in application, with each individual pigment.


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