Sustainability backbone of latest Archroma investment

Archroma has officially inaugurated its Global Competence Centre for Whiteness in Prat, near Barcelona, Spain. Together with the Global Competence Centres for Colourants (Reinach, Switzerland) and for Surface and Coating Technology (Bradford, UK), the new centre forms a network of experts developing products to bring more whiteness and brightness solutions to the specialty paper and packaging markets.

Archroma already has OBA (Optical Brightening Agent) and colourant manufacturing plants in Prat and the new centre there is the second step of a development plan that started with a plant extension. Andrew Jackson, product manager OBAs, Archroma Packaging and Paper Specialties, said: “At Archroma, we continuously challenge the status quo in the deep belief that we can make our industry sustainable. As the paper market has been re-morphing and transforming in the past years, we see a growing demand for chemical solutions that support sustainability. And as consumers are increasingly looking for safer and eco-friendlier options, Archroma is committed to help its customers answer the call, and that clearly includes making sure whiteness solutions are designed accordingly.”