Sun Chemical to buy Bayer's U.S. pigments. (Your Business in Brief).

Sun Chemical Corp., Fort Lee, N.J., will acquire the U.S. organic pigments manufacturing capacity of Bayer Corp. in Bushy Park, S.C. Already one of the three leading pigments producers, Sun Chemical will expand its position in the plastics and coatings markets.

Bayer's U.S.-made organic pigments include quinacridone reds, violets, and magentas, as well as phthalocyanine blue and green (of which Sun already is a major supplier). The purchase also includes a line of perylene reds and maroons, which complement the one perylene red currently made by Sun Chemical.

Bayer will continue to supply organic and inorganic pigments from Mexico and Germany. Those products include nickel azo yellow, Macrolex dyes, and Bauferrox iron oxides.