We serve a number of major markets, including Paper, Plastics, Packaging, Lubricants, Automotive, Construction, Electronics, Water Treatment, Agriculture and Home & Personal Care industries.

For example, Ciba’s specialty chemicals…

• help to shield people and objects from UV light (UV absorbers for sunscreen cream)
• create colour for many different materials (Car coatings)
• enable progress in miniaturizing electronic components (Innovative inks for printed circuits)
• support industries to recycle, clean and save water (Paper industry)

Ciba’s customers share the challenges faced by all value-adding manufacturers: rapid technological change combined with high capital costs for new equipment. Even incremental improvements in efficiency can make a big difference.

The paper industry, particularly in Asia, increasingly depends on new, large capacity machines capable of running at very high speeds. These offer excellent productivity, but must achieve optimum running efficiency and minimal down-time to deliver on their investment. Ciba’s paper chemicals help machines run cost-efficiently and keep customer margins healthy, saving USD 2-3 million per machine each year in operating costs. Plastics manufacturers seeking to differentiate their products depend on Ciba additives offering benefits from light stability to fireretardance, antimicrobial action to striking visual effects. Manufacturers also want consistent, smooth-running, dust-free production lines – without having to pay for extra equipment. Ciba’s proprietary range of customer-specific blends meets both needs with precisely measured, premixed combinations of effects delivered in stable, easily handled and dustless pellet or liquid form, supporting optimum product quality and adding to the customer’s bottom line.