Highlights and updates

Matex International Ltd. has ceased its membership with ETAD as part of a strategic decision by its management to shift focus beyond the areas of dyes and chemicals.

The company Sumitomo Chemical Co., LTD. officially ended its membership with ETAD end of 2022, due to changes in its products portfolio.

ETAD has submitted a statement “ETAD’s Comment on Harmonized Classification with Potential Carcinogenicity of C.I. Pigment Red 53:1" on November 16th, 2022. The document can be downloaded here.

ETAD companies have completed their testing of the dustiness of nanomaterials according to different methods and concluded that Method EN 17199-3 is the most appropriate method. If measured with Method EN 17199-3 most organic pigments show low to moderate dustiness.

ETAD has published Version 2 of the “ETAD Position on the Presence of Unintentional Trace PCBs in Some Organic Pigments“ in the Context Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 (POPs recast Regulation), June 15, 2022. The document can be downloaded here.

We are glad to welcome ANSHAN HIFICHEM CO., LTD. as a new member of ETAD since the end of 2021. HIFICHEM is specialized in the manufacturing of organic pigments, dyestuff and intermediates and is located on two production sites in China - in Anshan in Liaoning...

Together with the other associations and companies in Eurocolour, ETAD provided its contribution to different position papers on the EU Green Deal. These papers summarize the comments and concerns of Eurocolour’s members on the Green Deal in general as well as on the...

Due to non-compliance with its member obligations, the company Thai Ambica is no longer an ETAD member.  The decision has immediate effect.

ETAD submitted to ECHA a position regarding the consultation period on the proposed restriction of formaldehyde, dioxins, furans, PCBs and PAHs in single-use baby diapers. The document can be downloaded here.

Today, ETAD submitted to ECHA its contribution to the Consultation on the revision of the definition of nanomaterials. Some specific points we underlined and commented on are: the possibility to specify that nanomaterials should be solid and insoluble; the possibility...

ETAD has published a “Short communication on the PBT-status of Pigment Yellow 110 (CAS number: 5590-18-1, EC number: 226-999-5)”. The document can be downloaded here.

Following the update of the EU regulation on POP regarding pentachlorophenol (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/277) ETAD’s mandatory limit for this substance has been updated accordingly: pentachlorophenol as impurity in dyes is only allowed at a maximum...

In 2019, DyStar was found no longer compliant to the eligibility requirements for an ETAD company. However, before the final decision on its status was reached according to the Rules Governing the Enforcement of ETAD’s Code of Ethics, DyStar terminated its membership...

ETAD will attend the the ITMA 2019 (Textile and Garment Technology Exhibition) as an supporting organization on 20-26 June 2019 in Barcelona, Spain.

ETAD Method 229 has been officially published by ISO under ISO 787-28:2019 on May 15th, 2019.It can only be purchased via Beuth publishing.

We are glad to welcome SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. as a new member of ETAD. Sumitomo is a worldwide supplier of synthetic dyes, located in Osaka, Japan.

ETAD has published an updated version of the "ETAD position paper on organic pigments as nanomaterials". The document can be downloaded here. 

ETAD has published a short information notice on the status of azo pigments classified as WGK 3 in Germany. The document can be downloaded here.

ETAD welcomes Pidilite Industries LTD as a new regular member. The company, a worldwide supplier of organic pigments, is located in Mumbai, India.

We are pleased to announce that ETAD’s Chinese member companies have founded the Chinese Operating Committee (ChOC). The committee will focus on local activities in contact with regulatory bodies on all legislation developments affecting the colorant industry. Future...

We are glad to welcome CINIC Chemicals (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. as a new member of ETAD. CINIC is a worldwide supplier of organic pigments, located in Shanghai, China.

ETAD is glad to welcome Matex International Limited as a new regular member. The company, based in Singapore, offers a range of products for textile applications going from reactive dyes, pigments, and disperse dyes to optical brightening agents and specialties for...

ETAD’s metal limits for organic pigments are used as a reference for textile applications in compliance with the ZDHC MRSL. To simplify the communication with our members' customers we create a specific document as quick reference for this purpose. It can be...

As part of its activities aimed to identify substances of concern ECHA recently screened many chemical structures using various prediction tools, and summarized the results in an inventory of chemicals evaluated as potentially meeting the criteria of Annex III to the...

Together with its member companies, ETAD has updated its analytical Method 212 (Edition May 3rd, 2016) “Identification and Quantification of Primary Aromatic Amines in Organic Pigments by HPLC”. The updated version allows a more precise quantification of residual...

ETAD is proud to inform you that ETAD’s Taiwanese member companies have founded the Taiwanese Operating committee (TOC). The committee will focus on local activities in contact with regulatory bodies on all legislation developments affecting colorants.

ETAD is glad to welcome Hubei Color Root Technology Co., Ltd. as a new regular member. The company, based in China, is specialized in development and production of reactive dyestuffs for textile applications.

We are pleased to announce that the ISO technical committee 256 has accepted ETAD‘s PCB Method (ETAD Method 229) as a new work item proposal. It will be dealt with in the working group 3 and discussed during its upcoming November meeting.

We are proud to welcome Yorkshire Chemicals Ltd as a new ETAD member. Among others, Yorkshire Chemicals is spezialized in manufacturing reactive, disperse, acid and basic dyes.

During ETAD’s General Assembly in May 2016, member companies approved unanimously a stricter version of the association’s Code of Ethics. In its new version, the Code of Ethics requires that all dyes sold by ETAD’s members for consumer applications have to comply with...

ETAD is glad to welcome Meghmani Dyes and Intermediates Ltd as a new member. The company, based in India, is a dyes manufacturer, with a sortiment including reactive, vat, acid, solvent, and leather dyes as well as petroleum dyes and wood stains.

ETAD is glad to welcome Hwa Tai Industry as its first associate member. The company, based in Thailand, is a subsidiary of the Siam Pro Dyechem Group and its product portfolio includes both dyes and pigments.