Industrial Minerals


Eckart sells natural mica pigment business to Sudarshan

10 January 2012

by Mike O'Driscoll

Eckart to focus on synthetic mica products as Sudarshan expands its pigment portfolio

Keywords: Eckart, Altana, Sudarshan, mica

The Eckart Effect Pigments division of Altana Group has signed an agreement to sell its natural mica pearlescent pigment business to India-based Sudarshan Chemical Industries Ltd.

The deal, which is expected to close on 23 January 2012, comprises natural mica-based products processed at Pori, Finland, under the brand names Prestige and Flonac...