Manufacture of Indanthrone Blue Pigments, PB.60 at Maastricht
Starting January 2022, DCL began the process of transitioning the manufacture of Indanthrone Blue pigments to our Maastricht, The Netherlands site.
We are now pleased to announce that this transition of Indanthrone Blue, PB.60 pigments DCL-A3R and DCL-A3RN has been fully completed. In addition, the line at this location is now producing DCL-A2RU which offers new styling opportunities on the reddish side of the PB.60 color space with highest neutral flop, transparency and increase strength for all kind of high chromatic effect coatings.
We thank you for your continued business. Please contact your DCL Sales Representative for additional information or to request a sample of any of our PB.60 pigments.
DCL Blue 60 A2RU – The new neutral flop PB60 made in Maastricht
A2RU Indanthrone Blue, PB.60: A2RU is highly transparent, combines highest tinctorial properties with excellent fastness to light, weather, chemical and solvents. A2RU is redder in shade and higher in chroma than A3R/A3RN. A2RU is developed for deep blue effect color shades with a neutral flop. A2RU is recommended for water- and solvent-based automotive coatings and provides very neutral flop behaviors and enhanced.
Sample stock is available is available: www.pigments.com!



Dinner with the European Sales, Product & Technical Management team
We had our 2-day European Sales meeting at our Maastricht, NL site on 18th and 19th July. Afterward was relaxing dinner with the team; Peter Baggen, Andy Fenlon, Laura Kenny, Nigel Smith, Martin Baier, Zeki Acar, Deniz Sarialtin, Raimund Wilhelm, Andreas Weis and Cosimo Azzarito.
Your Sales Managers
Please contact your regional sales manager for more information on the products advertised here and any others in our product range.
North America:
- Jeff Babich, Sales Manager (jbabich@pigments.com)
- Rick Devore, Sales Manager (rick.devore@pigments.com)
- Larry Lane, Sales Manager (llane@pigments.com)
- Scott Heitzman, Sales Manager (sheitzman@pigments.com)
- Paul Holder, Sales Manager, Canada (pholder@pigments.com)
- Suzanne Letrondo, Sales Manager, Coatings & Dispersions, Monteith (sletrondo@pigments.com)
- Jon Morrison, Sales Manager (jmorrison@pigments.com)
Europe:
- Peter Baggen, Vice President Sales (pbaggen@pigments.com)
- Andy Fenlon, Director of European Sales (afenlon@pigments.com)
- Lieven Vandenberghe, European Coatings Industry, Coordination Manager (lvandenberghe@pigments.com)
- Raimund Wilhelm, Sales Manager, DACH Region (rwilhelm@pigments.com)
- Prakash Naik, UK, Global Procurement & Business Development (p.naik@pigments.com)
- Laura Kenny, Sales Manager, Dispersions (lkenny@pigments.com)
- Phil Conway, Sales Manager, UK (pconway@pigments.com)
- Cosimo Azzarito, Sales Manager, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Key Account Manager Inks, EMEA (cazzarito@pigments.com)
- Andreas Weis, Sales Manager DACH Region (aweis@pigments.com)
- Deniz Sarialtin, Head of Sales France, Turkey & Israel, Business Development Manager Europe – Dispersions (dsarialtin@pigments.com)
Asia Pacific:
- Patrick Chan, Regional Sales Director, Asia Pacific (pchan@pigments.com)
- Effendi Wijaya, Technical Sales Manager, Asia (ewijaya@pigments.com)
- Yvonne Chang, Technical Sales Manager, Asia (ychang@pigments.com)
MEA:
- Haytham Sayed, Business Development – Middle East & Africa (hsayed@pigments.com)
Latin America:
- Denis Rojas, Regional Sales Director, North America & Latin America (drojas@pigments.com)
- Zully Villalobos, Technical Sales Manager, Latin America (zvillalobos@pigments.com)
About DCL Corporation
DCL Corporation is a manufacturer and supplier of pigments for our customers in the coatings, plastics, printing ink and paper industries worldwide. Our extensive range of pigments is backed by technical expertise, our commitment to service excellence, continuous improvement, environmental, health, safety and social responsibility. Please visit www.pigments.com for more information on our product range.