I estimate the total market for organic HPPs at:
• Approximately 19 000 tonnes or approximately 9% of the total organic pigment volume of 220 000 tonnes
• Approximately 1.2 x 109 USD or 30% of the total organic pigment market of 4.2 x 109 USD
These figures are slightly higher than indicated in my former presentations at the 1997 and 1998 HPP Conferences and at the 1999 CPMA Conference [3]. I believe today that I have previously underestimated the captive use of the main HPP producers for their own printing ink and masterbatch activity.
By volume and value the most important HPP pigment classes are:
• special azos (benzimidazolone, disazo-condensation)
• quinacridones
• diketopyrrolo-pyrroles (DPP)
1) Based on published data and discussions at recent conferences about Organic Pigments
• carbazole Violet
• perylenes
• other polycyclic pigments (isoindolinones, quinophthalones, anthraquinones)
• HP naphthols
• phthalocyanines with special properties
Let us have a look at the supply side (producers) and the demand by market segments and regions.