DIC Agrees to Pay SUS 1.1 Billion To Acquire BASF's Global Pigments Business

摘要

DIC/Sun offers a broad portfolio of pigments, including: classical and high-performance organic, inorganic, metallic, pearlescent and synthetic mica pearls, as well as a range of pigment preparations and dispersions. As the world's largest manufacturer of printing inks, DIC is a major consumer of TiCh pigments, purchasing about 70,000-100,000 t.p.a. However, it has never ventured into the supply side of the TIO2 pigments industry. DIC Corp traces its origins back to 1908 when it was founded by Mr Kiwijo Kawamura as Kawamura Ink Manufacturing Co. The name was changed to DaiNippon Printing Ink Manufacturing Co. in 1937 and the company took a listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 1950.