Milestones of the Heubach Group

> Start-up of Heubach's first Indian plant for the production of phthalocyanine-green pigment

> Doubling of the anticorrosive pigment plant capacity in Germany

> Start-up of a new operation for colorants

> Doubling of the complex inorganic colored pigment plant capacity

> After only 18 months of construction, Heubach inaugurates its newly built phthalocyanine-blue factory in India. In the meantime the number of employees has reached almost 1000 people, 700 for the ongoing construction work and 300 who operate the highly automated facilities.
1999

> Start-up of new operation for Indanthrone Blue (PB 60) and brominated Phthalo Green (PG 36)

> Acquisation of Lightfast pigment business from Bayer AG

> Acquisation of Avecia´s (ex ICI) pigment business comprising high performance automotive pigments, phthalocyanine and azo pigments and specialty pigment dispersions

> Inauguration of high performance plant II in India

> Start-up of high performance operation III in India

> Start-up of Bismuth Vanadate production in Germany