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Ciba Specialty Chemicals.


Water & Paper Treatment

Schwarzwaldalle 215 P.O. BoxCH-4002 Basel Switzerland

+41 61 636 11 11 tel

+41 61 636 12 12 fax

www.cibasc.com

Corporate Information

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
 (SWX SWX Swiss Exchange (trademark of SWX Swiss Exchange)
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) is a leading company dedicated to producing high-value effects for its customers' products. Our specialty chemicals, added in small quantities, enhance the performance, look and feel of the final product. Business success is driven by our long-term strategy of innovation and continuous operational improvements. Ciba brings new and creative thought to the processes and products of our customers in more than 120 countries. Ciba's continuing operations continuing operations

Parts of a business that are expected to be maintained as an ongoing segment of an overall business operation. Income and losses from continuing operations are reported separately if any segments have been discontinued during the
 generated sales of CHF CHF

In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Swiss Franc.

Notes:
The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion.
 7.9 billion in 2000 and CHF 293 million was spent on R&D to foster innovation across the Company.

Ciba is committed to the paper industry in providing performance based products and services with a global reach in over 120 countries. We add "Value beyond chemistry" into papermaking by combining the strengths of our people, instrumentation, chemistry and knowledge.

With the recent acquisition of Cytec's POLYFLEX[R] micropolymer retention aid product line and distribution rights for Cytec's other retention, drainage and fixative fixative /fix·a·tive/ (fik´sit-iv) an agent used in preserving a histological or pathological specimen so as to maintain the normal structure of its constituent elements.

fix·a·tive
adj.
 paper chemicals, our expanded paper chemicals range includes products and services for manufacturing high performance printing & writing papers, paperboard & packaging, tissue & toweling and mill water management programs.

Product Information

HyDROCOL[R], PARTICOL[R]--Micropartical systems, POLYFLEX[R]--Micropolymer Retention Systems, PERCOL[R], ALCOFIX[R]--Retention Aids and Fixatives, TINOPAL[R], TINOBLOC[R]--Fluorescent Whitening whit·en·ing  
n.
1. An agent used to make something white or whiter.

2. The act or process of making white or whiter.

Noun 1.
 Agents, PERGASOL[R], PERGABASE[R]--Direct Dyes, Paper Dyes, IRGALITE[R]--Pigments, PERGASCRIPT[R], PERGAFAST[R]--Colorformers, Developers, LODYNE[R]--Range of Specialty Fluorochemicals, ALCOPROOF[R]--Alkaline Sizing Technology, DISPEX[R], RHEOVIS[R]--Coating Dispersant dis·per·sant  
n. Chemistry
A liquid or gas added to a mixture to promote dispersion or to maintain dispersed particles in suspension.
 and Rheology Modifer, ZETAG[R], MAGNAFLOC[R]--Water Management Polymers, ALCOTECH[R]--On-line Wet End Control Systems

Trademark Notice: POLYFLEX is a Registered Trademark or Trademark of Ciba Specialty Chemicals Holdings, Inc., except in certain Asian countries where it is used under license from Cytec Technology Corporation.

Additional Offices:

Americas

Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation

Water and Paper Treatment

2301 Wilroy Road PO Box 820 Suffolk, VA 23439-0820

Tel: +1 757 538 5209/ Fax: +1 757 538 0834

Ciba Specialty Chemicals Canada Inc.

Water and Paper Treatment

7030 Century Ave Mississauga, Ontario For the First Nation, see .

Mississauga (pronounced: [ˌmɪsɪˈsɑgə] listen  
 L5N 2V8

Tel: +1 309 812 7280/ Fax: +1 905 812 8455

Ciba Especialidadas Quimicas Ltda.

Av. Prof. Vicente Rao 90 San Paolo, BR 04706-900

Tel: +55 11 532 4200/ Fax: +55 11 543 7252

Europe

Ciba Specialty Chemicals PLC

Water and Paper Treatment

Charter Way, Macclesfield Cheshire, GB SK10 2NX

Tel: +44 1525 518585/ Fax: +44 1625 688006

Ciba Specialty Chemicals

Water & Paper Treatment

Cleckheaton Road PO Box 35, Bradford West Yorkshire West Yorkshire, former metropolitan county, N central England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county largely embraced the Leeds conurbation and comprised five metropolitan districts: Calderdale, Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield, and Kirklees. , GB BD12 0JZ

Tel: +44 1274 417000/ Fax: +441274 606499

Ciba Spezialitatenchemie Lampertheim GmbH

Chemiestrasse D68623 Lampertheim, Germany

Tel: +49 6206 150/ Fax: +49 6206 151368

Ciba Specialty Chemicals

Finland OY

Pasilanraitio 5, PL 16 FIN-00241, Halsinki, Finland

Tel: +358 947 6911/Fax: +358 947 8976

Ciba Specialites Chimiques SA

Immeuble Le Veronese

19 Avenue Dubonnet 92407 Courbevoie Cedex, France

Tel: +33 1 47 52 4000/ Fax: +33 1 47 52 4005

Asia Pacific

Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

3 international Business Park #05-01 Nordic European Centre Singapore 609927

Tel: +65 890 6116/Fax: +65 890 6106

Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Hong Kong) Ltd.

61-69 Yau Ma Hom Road Kwai Chung, N.T. Hong Kong

Tel: +852 2489 6333/Fax: +852 2880 9559
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