Archroma and Igcar enter into licence agreement for patented optical brightening technology

摘要

Archroma has entered into a licence agreement with Igcar, a Spain-based group producing optical brighteners for the paper, textile, detergent and coatings industry. The agreement provides Igcar with access to Archroma's patented "improved optical brightening compositions" technology (patent family WO 2009/118247). This patent has been granted in many countries, and in Europe was confirmed after appeal.