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• The basic importance of dye lies in its product and resistant to washing. Pigments,
on the other hand, are insoluble and are important inputs to products such as paints.
• A dye intermediate is the main raw material used for the manufacturing dyestuff.
• The manufacturing chain of dyes can be traced back to petroleum based products.
Naphtha and
• natural gas are used for the production of benzene and toluene, which are subsequently
used
for manufacturing nitro-aromatics.
Dyes are also used in high technology applications, such as in the medical, electronics, and
especially the reprographics industries. These applications are low volume (tens of kg up to
several hundred ton per annum) and high added value (hundreds of dollars to several
thousand dollars per kg), with high growth rates (up to 60%).
Colouring
matter
Dyes Pigments
Ingrain
Readymade
With the government's policy to encourage SSI growth, economies of scale are very low; while
8-10 units of the developed countries produce 63% of the world production, the Indian
contribution from 1,200 units approximates to only 8-9%. Clearly, the productivity for SSIs in
this sector is very low.