Pigments: Organic, Inorganic & Specialty - The Freedonia Group

Industry StructureSample page fromFreedonia Industry StudyGain #1117 a better Fractional understanding Horsepower of your Motorscompetition and analyze yourcompany's position in the industry withinformation about:• market shareINDUSTRY STRUCTURE• competitive strategies• manufacturing strategies• marketing & distribution strategies• mergers & acquisitions• cooperative agreements• research & developmentResearch & DevelopmentResearch and development efforts in the pigments industry have largelyfocused on the development of innovative products; environmentally acceptableproducts; and pigments with improved performance characteristics such asstability, durability, lightfastness and ease of dispersability. Creating newSAMPLE PAGEpigment products that meet the needs of customers in the major pigmentmarkets and opening new pigment markets through the development of novelpigments have also been the focus of much recent research and developmentactivity.Meeting the needs of pigment consuming industries, such as the printing inks,and paints and coatings markets, often concentrates on keeping up with newtechnology or creating pigments that offer easier processing attributes. Forexample, rapid changes in the paints and coatings industry continue to forcemany pigment manufacturers to expend considerable effort developing highperformance pigments with good temperature stability, weather resistance andother performance advantages. For the printing ink market, pigment suppliersstrive to produce pigments with better rheology, more gloss, easier flow,improved lightfastness, cleaner colors and other application-specific benefits.Granule-form pigments, such as those introduced by Bayer, Ciba and Clariant,are non-dusting, free-flowing products that also offer easy dispersability, fasterthroughput and fewer environmental problems.Many pigment suppliers also perceive an increased demand from markets suchas inks, paints and coatings, and plastics for novel effect pigments that willdifferentiate their products or make products more appealing to consumers.This has spurred many pigment producers to create color-changing, metallicand other special effect pigments in order to supply their customers withpigments that offer novel and striking appearances for such consumer productsPigments: Organic, Inorganic & Specialty #1460Order form on last page9