Effect Pigments

Agenda

• Applications

• How they work

• Types of Effect Pigments• Metallic

• Pearl

• Others

• Suppliers

• How they are measured

Applications

• Coatings

• Plastics

• Inks

• Cosmetics

• Personal Care

How they work?

http://www.merck-performance-

materials.com/en/coatings/basics_pigment_technology/basics_pigment_technology.html

Metallic Pigments

• Aluminium

• Bronze• Copper/Zinc

• Cornflake

• Silver Dollar

• Leafing/non-leafing

Cornflake Pigments

*Eckart

Silver Dollar Pigments

*Eckart

Leafing/Non-Leafing

Leafing Non-Leafing

*Schlenk

Pearl Pigments

• Mica base

• TiO2 coating

• Other options

Other Pigments

• Various metal powders

• Glass particles

• Colour Change/shift pigments

Helicone® HC Brochure

Suppliers

• BASF

• Merck

• Eckart

• Schlenk

• Silberline

• Sun Chemical

• …..

Thanks and Contact

Bob Hopkins

Grolman UK

01291 625236

r.hopkins@grolman-group.com