Ciba Specialty Chemicals to expand HPP production. (Fresh Ink).Ciba Specialty Chemicals “Ciba” redirects here. For the pre-1971 company, see Novartis. Ciba Specialty Chemicals is a chemical company based in and near Basel, Switzerland. It was formed as the non-pharmaceuticals elements of Novartis were spun out in 1997, following the merger in the has announced a major expansion of its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Monthey, Switzerland. A new production line is to be added to increase capacity for Ciba's high-performance diketo-pyrrolo-pyrrole (DPP DPP - Dining Philosophers Problem ) pigments. It will become operational in 2004. "This expansion will allow us to keep up with the demand for high-performance pigments (HPP HPP hyperkalemic periodic paralysis. ) based on DPP chemistry," said Hermann Angerer, global head of Ciba Specialty Chemicals' coating effects segment. "Ciba invented DPP chemistry more than 20 years ago and demand has been growing ever since. Ciba's high-performance DPP pigments are used for automotive and industrial coatings, inks, plastics and sophisticated electronic applications such as color filters for liquid crystal displays liquid crystal display (LCD) Optoelectronic device used in displays for watches, calculators, notebook computers, and other electronic devices. Current passed through specific portions of the liquid crystal solution causes the crystals to align, blocking the passage of light. . The additional capacity will allow us to produce pigments for new applications in these sectors." |
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