Polyamide (PA) or Nylon staple fibers and filament yarns find their widest use in the carpet pile for the home or in automobiles, and in some apparel such as sports and weather wear. There are also numerous industrial applications such as flat filament yarns for air bags, luggage and the like. Ciba offers specialized effect additives and colorants (pigments and polymer soluble colorants) for selected applications in this market.

Unless otherwise stated, our effect additives and pigments are supplied in powder form.

Colorants

We also supply pigments that have been pretested for dispersion period. These are known as: -

• FPV tested pigments - We test a select list of pigments for filter pack life (Filter Pressure Value) according to the CEN method. You may request a Certificate of Analysis for each lot of these pigments, giving the individual FPV result. These pigments take the guesswork out of pigment dispersion and ensure uniformly high quality dispersions both in custom and in mono colors made from them. Ask us for more details.

Additives