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From Small Beginnings to a New Beginning

On April 22, 2022, we began a new journey as Vibrantz Technologies. The combination of Prince, Ferro, and Chromaflo creates a $2.0 billion enterprise with 63 sites. The Color Solutions’ SBU is composed of Chromaflo’s liquid colorant technologies, and Ferro’s high-end dry pigments such as complex inorganic-colored pigments (CICPs), ultramarine blue, specialty iron oxides, azo pigments, and anti-corrosive pigments. Our markets will expand to now include thermoplastics, building & construction, and inks in addition to our well-established positions in architectural and industrial coatings and thermoset plastics. 

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Chromaflo APAC Invests In Expanding Capabilities In Prediction Rheology And Settling Behavior Of Pigment Dispersion Over Time

Two of the key elements determining the performance and quality of pigment dispersions are rheological behavior and dispersion stability. It is crucial for development of a high-quality colorant to have the capability to measure and control these two properties with a high level of precision. To advance expertise in these areas, Chromaflo Technologies APAC has…

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New Liquid Thickener Technology

Chromaflo is pleased to announce it has developed a new proprietary liquid thickener technology. The technology is isocyanate-free, environmentally friendly, and has wide application usages, including but not limited to composite and coatings resin matrixes. Some common applications include cured-in-place-pipe (CIPP), sheet molding compound (SMC), bulk molding compound (BMC), and thick molding compound (TMC) systems. In…

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Don’t Gamble with Color: Chromaflo Technologies 2022 Palette of the Year Appears at the American Coatings Show

Held in Indianapolis, Indiana, from April 5-7, the Americans Coatings Show (ACS) is a biennial trade show and technical conference. Hosted collaboratively by AC Media, American Coatings Association, and Vincentz Network, the ACS offers a full spectrum of current and future trends as well as a global business platform and educational forum for the paint…

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Chromaflo Utilizes Online Industry Libraries

It goes without saying that company websites are great sources for information about a company. Many users will use the company’s website as the primary source of information about what type of products are available and how to use them.  But it can’t be the only source of information—especially in the markets Chromaflo serves. Those…

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Chromaflo Technologies Supports the Composites Market in India

By Srinivasa Rao, Regional Commercial Director, Indian Sub-Continent (ISC) & Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) In 2017, Chromaflo established its manufacturing facility in Mumbai India primarily to service customers in the architectural and industrial coatings market. Over the last four years, however, Chromaflo has diversified its product offering and is now able to support additional opportunities in…

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Chromaflo at UTECH 2021

One year later than originally planned and under slightly different circumstances, UTECH 2021 took place from November 16 to 18, 2021, in Maastricht’s MECC conference and events center. This trade show focuses specifically on the polyurethane industry. Although this market is no longer entirely new to Chromaflo Europe, there are still plenty of growth opportunities,…

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Efforts to Normalize

By Scott T. Becker, CEO 2021 was even more challenging than 2020. I don’t think any of us could have imagined the impact of COVID-19 and weather on the global supply chain. We all experienced COVID-19’s rapid spread in 2020, which led to shutdowns of countries and businesses across the globe. As lockdowns lifted, demand…

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Choosing the Right Colorant – 3 Best Methods

Choosing the right colorant for your coatings or thermoset application can be a challenge. Sometimes, it can take hours of combing through product data sheets. Plus, you always run the risk of picking the wrong product, chemistry, or color. Thankfully, there’s an easier way. Pigments are the key components in providing color to plastics, paints,…

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Chromaflo Spotlight: The Story Behind Our 2022 Color of the Year

Chromaflo’s 2022 Color of the Year is ‘Monarch’. In this post, we’ll walk through some of the other color finalists and give some background on how we made our final decision. Let’s start from the beginning – what is a “Color of the Year” campaign? A “Color of the Year” campaign serves several purposes all…

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Chromaflo Makes Strategic Investment to Support Pigment Dispersion Needs in South Africa

Chromaflo Technologies is committed to being a truly global supplier of pigment dispersions through the development of local infrastructure to support the promotion of our products to all continents. In the last 10 years, Chromaflo has invested in its business in South Africa as part of its strategy to support customers’ pigment dispersion needs in…

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Color Performance in Polysiloxane Coatings

Many coatings can be tinted using universal colorant systems. This approach works well when many different types of coatings need to be tinted in a store or tinting center. In almost all these cases, the color performance is acceptable. However, tinting a coating containing a polysiloxane resin with a universal colorant system can produce less…

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