Within the ALTANA Group ECKART stands for the development, production and marketing of metallic effect and pearlescent pigments. These tiny metallic or glittering particles, which are not soluble in binding or thinning agents, are responsible for the special optical effects in paints and coatings.

The Division Effect Pigments has a total of seven production facilities in five countries in Europe, the USA and China/Asia. The ECKART Group supplies over 70 countries with effect pigments. These products lend special high gloss and brilliance to paints, printing inks or cosmetics.

The product range includes aluminum, pearlescent and PVD pigments, metallic pigment coatings, gold-bronze and zinc pigments and even press-ready metallic printing inks. ECKART pigments are widely used, for example, in the automobile industry and also for other types of paint and coatings. The plastics industry uses them, among others, as dye pig-ments. In the manufacture of lightweight concrete these pigments serve as a propellant.

In the year 2009 the ECKART Group employed around 1,878 people worldwide, achieving sales of EUR 282 million. In the future its growth will be propelled mainly by the development of innovative technologies.

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