The combined business will operate under the Heubach name, creating a global pigments leader generating more than €900 million ($1.09 billion) in annual sales.
At this year's CHINACOAT 2009 Conference—Automotive Finishes: Focusing on the Key Aspects of Durability & Ecology—which was held on Nov. 16-17, Heubach's Dr. Lutz Frischmann, head of business unit Inorganic Colored Pigments, presented the