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Product Range Description
Ciba® IRGAZIN®, Ciba® CROMOPHTAL® and Ciba® CINQUASIA® High-performance organic and inorganic pigments that combine very good tinctorial properties with excellent fastness to light, weather, chemicals and solvents. They fulfill the requirements of the most critical applications.
Ciba® IRGALITE® Range consists of classical organic pigments.
Ciba® IRGACOLOR® Inorganic pigments with outstanding resistance to heat, weather and chemicals.
Ciba® GRAPHITAN® Effect pigments that offer different styling possibilities in combination with micas, aluminum and/or colored pigments, both in solvent as well as in waterborne systems.
Ciba® HORNACHROME®, Ciba® HORNA® and HORNATHERM® Range of Chrome Yellows and Molybdate Orange powder pigments.
Ciba® UNISPERSE®-S and UNISPERSE®-E Highly concentrated pigment dispersions developed to meet modern waterborne paint requirements, particularly in new and improved waterborne paint systems, with which they present excellent compatibility. Ciba® UNISPERSE -S® is glycol-free, does not contain any alkylphenol ethoxylates (APE) and can be used in the formulation of solvent-free paints in accordance with industry standards for these systems.
Ciba® MICROLITH®

A range of high grade and classical organic and inorganic pigments in a dispersed form for coatings. The carrier resins are selected to meet various different binder systems.  The main Ciba® MICROLITH® ranges used for coating are:

  • Ciba® MICROLITH®-A
  • Ciba® MICROLITH®-K
  • Ciba® MICROLITH®-T
  • Ciba® MICROLITH®-WA
Ciba® MICROLEN®-UA This pigment concentrate range consists of proven pigments in a finely dispersed, free-flowing and dust-free form, especially suitable for the pigmentation of powder coatings. Pigment content is about 50% in a special urea aldehyde carrier.
Ciba® ORASOL® These dyes are soluble in organic solvents and exhibit good all-round fastness properties. These dyes have particularly good solubility in alcohols, ketones and esters, but in general they are insoluble or only minimally soluble in hydrocarbons. ORASOL dyes have a very wide field of application including flamboyant finishes, wood and general industrial coating.
Ciba® IRGASPERSE® U and CIBA® IRGASPERSE® W Selected metal-complex or metal-free dyes which are particularly suitable for wood stains. They are desalinated by a special process and are supplied in a 1-methoxy-2-propanol or 1-ethoxy-2-propanol solution and aqueous solution form respectively.

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