Clariant unveils new DPP pigments complex in Hoechst

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Specialty chemicals company Clariant is investing €13 million in a new production facility at the Frankfurt-Hoechst complex. The facility will focus on manufacturing red pigments based on Diketo pyrrolo-pyrrol (DPP) and is expected to be operational by the fourth quarter of 2004.

Clariant is building a new production facility on the Frankfurt-Hoechst complex, dedicated to the manufacture of red pigments based on Diketo pyrrolo-pyrrol (DPP). The new facility, costing €13 M, should be ready for production during 4Q 2004