Clariant - Colourants and Optical Brightening Agents

Clariant has some of the most technologically advanced dye and pigment products available to the papermaker today. With state of the art production processes, Clariant is able to offer colourants with excellent environmental profiles. The goal is to have stable formulations based on active content and water only with a "zero contribution to effluent" policy.

COLOURANTS AND DYES

Clariant's extensive range of colourants and dyes includes:

Cartasol® F & K dyes: highly substantive direct dyes, specially developed for the paper industry. They are particularly suitable for dyeing woodfree paper and board in the stock and at the size press.

Cartasol® HP Range: a range of highly substantive anionic direct dyes with extremely good environmental profiles.

Cartasol® M Dyes: cationic dyes which are suitable for dyeing mechanical and waste-based furnishes.

Carta®: specially selected, conventional, anionic, substantive direct dyes for dyeing sized and unsized woodfree papers.

Cartazine: traditional, basic dyestuffs which are suitable for dyeing mechanical and waste-based furnishes.

Diresul® P: liquid sulphur dyes of the Diresul P product range are distinctly different from conventional sulphur dyes, primarily due to their improved toxicological profile.

PIGMENT PREPARATIONS

Our pigment preparations include:

Cartaren®: organic pigment preparations based on anionic tensides.

Flexonyl® LAP: technically advanced range of pigment preparations which were developed particularly for laminate papers.

OPTICAL BRIGHTENING AGENTS

Clariant is the only major optical brightening agent producer to have an R&D team dedicated specifically to paper. This investment enables us to produce innovative products that meet the needs of specific papers and processes.

Leucophor®: an extensive range of di-sulphonated, hexa-sulphonated and tetra-sulphonated optical brightening agents for all applications

OUR SERVICE TO YOU

Our customers benefit directly from our continued investment in research and development, and our ability to apply technological advances to the creation of high performance products appropriate to their specific needs. Through this responsive, reactive approach and our structure of effective and attentive service, Clariant remains one step ahead of our competitors.

Clariant Business Unit Paper strives to find simple, creative, effective solutions to the requirements of individual customers.

Clariant's continued exploration of the potential of pulp and paper related chemicals, has shown clear results. Our dedicated research and development team continues to pioneer improved dyes, optical brightening agents and chemicals. In particular we have a widening range of urea-free dyes, and urea-free di-sulpho, tetra-sulpho and hexa-sulpho optical brightening agents that enable customers to control the nitrogen content of their backwater and effluent.