New source of electronic color-matching software. (Auxiliaries).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 in Tarrytown, N.Y., is now marketing its in-house electronic color-matching software for easy, efficient recipe formulation. Tailored for plastics, coatings, inks, and fibers, Ciba's Colibri Quick-Match system covers opaque, transparent, and translucent translucent slightly penetrable by light rays. applications. Ciba's pigment pigment, substance that imparts color to other materials. In paint, the pigment is a powdered substance which, when mixed in the liquid vehicle, imparts color to a painted surface. experts initially developed this software for internal use, and after receiving numerous requests, recently enhanced it for customers' use. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Ciba, this system addresses properties such as lightfastness, heat stability, and FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. status. It contains a built-in "expert system" that provides data on such properties, helping the user to choose the right pigment for a particular application. The system also offers libraries of pigment optical data not typically available in color-matching software from instrument suppliers. According to Ciba, Colibri QuickMatch is distinguished by its ease of use and superior accuracy--requiring one or at most two recipe adjustments to achieve a match, whereas other systems often require five or six corrections. Moreover, Ciba's software is compatible with more than 30 different spectrophotometers. Because it contains an integrated library, users can start recipe formulation immediately Users can easily expand the library by adding new colorants and binders. Ciba provides software support and expertise on pigment preparation and color measurement. Tel: (914) 785-2000, www.cibasc.com |
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