Sun Chemical

Sun Chemical

Company type	Private
Industry	Chemical
Founded	1945; 80 years ago (1945)
Headquarters	Parsippany-Troy Hills , U.S.
Products	inks, coatings, pigments, electronic materials, brand protection
Revenue	$3,500,000,000 USD
Number of employees	20,000 (2018)
Website	sunchemical.com

Sun Chemical is the world's largest^[citation needed] producer of printing inks and pigments and is located in Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey. It was incorporated in 1945.[1] The company has its roots as the Lorilleux & Cie. Paris in 1818, but was incorporated under the Sun name in 1945.[2] The company operates the Daniel J. Carlick Technical Center in Carlstadt, New Jersey.[3]

Sun Chemical is a member of the DIC Corporation group of companies based in Japan. The company provides materials to packaging, publication, coatings, plastics, cosmetics and other industrial markets, including electronic materials, functional and specialty coatings, brand protection and product authentication technologies.

Sites

Africa

South Africa

In South Africa the chemical company trades under the name Sun Chemical S.A(Pty)Ltd. There is 1 manufacturing site and 13 inplant sites.

Manufacturing Sites

• Prospecton, Kwazulu-Natal - this site has two factories, manufacturing liquid inks and paste inks.

Inplant sites

• Gauteng - 4 inplants
• KwaZulu-Natal - 6 inplants
• North West - 1 inplant
• Western Cape - 2 inplants

Asia

Europe

North America

Oceania

South America

References

1. "Sun Chemical history". Sun Chemical. Archived from the original on 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
2. "Sun Chemical timeline". Sun Chemical. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
3. "Sun Chemical Renames Its Carlstadt Tech Center To Honor Daniel J. Carlick". Printing News. October 25, 1999. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved 2008-12-05.

External links

• Official website