BASF to put all pigments activities into new business unit.

The article reports on plans of BASF to form a global business unit combining all of its pigments activities effective January 2016 along with establishing separate legal entities. Topics discussed include position of BASF in the pigments market; comments from Markus Kramer, President of BASF's Dispersions & Pigments division on pigments business; and information on products of BASF's pigments business portfolio that includes phthalocyanines, dyes and inorganic pigments.