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Taizhou
State-owned Pigments Plant, from which Hongment orginates, was established
in 1988, supplying chrome and azo pigments to paint manufacturers
in local area
In
1995, Taizhou Plant collaborated with Shanghai Institute of Chemistry
Studies for the enhancement of organic pigments by the standards
of Japanese technologies
Taizhou
Plant started to supply to a few trading houses for overseas markets
in 1996; the output value reached over RMB60,000,000 in the same
year
Hongment
Colors Limited was jointly established in 1996 by a group of chemical
experts, and turned out to be a fast-growing supplier of colorants
in overseas markets
Hongment
Colors incorporated Taizhou Plant in 1999 by purchasing 51% of its
equities and changed its name to "Changzhou Dragon World Pigment
and Chemicals Co. Ltd.", and thus emerged as a leading manufacturer
& supplier, covering both domestic and overseas markets
In
2000, Hongment Color started to develop fluorescent
pigments by cooperation with chemists with background of USA
colorant industry & extensive experience in fluorescent technologies
In
2001, Hongment Colors cooperated with Sunway Co. Ltd. -- one of
the major manufacturers of solvent dyes in China -- and set up a
joint venture in Zhejiang province to produce a wide range of solvent
dyes
In
2003, Hongment Colors collaborated with American experts and started
to produce pre-dispersed pigments, including nitrocellulose pigmented
chips and flushed pigments
The
export value of Hongment Colors reached USD8,800,000 in 2004
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