BASF reacts to market demand

摘要

It was back in 1972 when BASF introduced its Acid Black 210, which quickly became the market leader in leather industry dyestuffs. But, with the patents now long out of date this has become almost a commodity item. The battle for really fast, affordable, and environmentally safe dyestuffs seems to be a never-ending task, and achieving a deep non-bronzing black has sometimes been even harder. Black, after all, makes up over 50% of all of the leather sold in the world.