HOLLIDAY PIGMENTS has ramped up production of its Ultramarine pink, delivering triple the capacity to its global customer base.
An initial €200K investment in new reactor technology has provided the company with more efficient and environmentally friendly state-of-the-art facilities. Innovative features include a new filtration system that reduces soluble salts to a minimum and a reactor enabling tighter control of consistency in the manufacturing process. New technology has also been employed to eradicate any likelihood of HCl gas leakage and the use of potentially harmful organic flocculants during the ‘washing’ process.
“This investment in improving our pink production facilities is part of our ongoing strategy to consolidate Holliday Pigments’ premier position in the Ultramarine market,” says newly appointed Managing Director, Glyn Jagger.
Following the closure of its UK manufacturing base in Hull, Holliday Pigments’ is currently focussing on delivering significant performance improvements across the entire company.
“We’re constantly reviewing our product offerings and facilities in order to meet the challenges of operating in a truly global and very competitive market place,” says Glyn. “This is just the first of a long line of initiatives to support our higher value products and I look forward to bringing news of further developments in the very near future.”
Holliday Pigments, best known for its signature Ultramarine Blue, offers the widest range of ultramarine and manganese violet pigments in the world today. Continuous research and development into the launch of high performance versions of its stable products, keeps the company at the very forefront of innovation, most recently announcing the development of its improved acid resistance grades - Premier XAR for plastics and Grade 59 for wider coatings applications.
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Notes to Editor: About Holliday Pigments
Holliday Pigments is a world leading supplier of ultramarine pigments which are used in a variety of applications including plastics, coatings, cosmetics, artists colours and printing inks. Exporting to over 80 countries, Holliday Pigments has dedicated customer and technical service teams at its factory in France and its commercial offices in the UK, Malaysia, China and the USA.
Holliday Pigments has a proud 120-year history in the manufacture of technical quality ultramarine and is the only ultramarine manufacturer in the world to have invested in Flue Gas Desulphurisation plants, reducing sulphur dioxide emissions inherent in the manufacturing process by more than 99.5%.
Holliday Pigments is part of the Yule Catto Group. Formerly assigned to Performance Chemicals, it now sits within the organisation’s newly restructured Impact Chemicals Division. There are four companies consolidated within this division, each serving unique markets, namely: Holliday Pigments, William Blythe, Oxford Chemicals and PFW.
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