Europe, colorant industry

In the instant reprographic field, Copycolor materials are used extensively in Europe but are not distributed in the United States. Principal markets are in seismological charts and maps for the oil industry, mapmaking, and reproduction of large graphs, charts, and engineering drawings. The films are also used for small color stats and for position proofs in layout work. 

The natural dyes industry was also a large, sophisticated, and worldwide employer. Master dyers made a wide range of reasonably fast colors and handed down secret dye recipes to their apprentices. Europe s two staple dyes were madder red from the Mediterranean and indigo blue from India. Other natural dyes included violet from lichens dark red from the forget-me-not family brown from African aloe plants and black from tumorlike... 

Carbon black is derived from vegetable material, usually peat, by complete combustion to residual carbon. The particle size is very small, usually less than 5 /rm, and consequently is very difficult to handle. It is usually sold to the food industry in the form of a viscous paste in a glucose syrup. Carbon black is very stable and technologically a very effective colorant. It is widely used in Europe and other countries in confectionery. 

Despite their low (photo)stability, chlorophylls, or rather their derivatives, have found some applications, especially in the nutrition industry. In Europe the food additive E140 is chi, and E141 is chlorophyllin (a semisynthetic sodium/copper derivative of chlorophyll), and they are used in cakes, beverages, sweets, icecream etc. As color No 125 they find applications in toothpaste, as a soap pigment and in shampoos. The older literature also... 

Total production of iron blue in 1975 was ca. 25000 t/a, but in 1995 it was only ca. 13000-15000 t/a. The main consumer in Europe and USA is the printing ink industry. The second largest use in Europe, especially of micronized iron blue pigments, is for coloring fungicides, but use in the paint industry is decreasing. 

Iron blues are mainly used by the printing industry for coloring printing inks. In Europe, cyanide blues are used for coloring fungicides. 

Most European countries follow the European Directives that list the colorants and specifications for use in foods and drugs in the European Union (EU). The directive that has previously controlled the approved colorants for use in pharmaceuticals in Europe is 78/25/EEC, which refers to a list of colorants from a 1962 directive. " The EC published European Directive 94/36/EC in 1994, which significantly changed the list of approved colorants for use in foods. For example, Allura red AC (FD C red 40) and Brilliant blue FCF (FD C blue 1) were now approved for use in foods, however, these materials did not exist on the list of approved drug colorants because of the cross-referencing of the pharmaceutical directives back to the 1962 list. This has created much confusion throughout industry and the regulatory community. 

One of the major uses of strontium has been in the production of color cathode ray tubes (CRTs) used in televisions and computer monitors. However, changes in electronics technology and the popularity of flat-panel screens (which use far less or even no strontium) have led to decreased strontium demand for this purpose in the United States and Europe. However, strontium is also used in the manufacture of ceramics and specialty glass. One of its radioactive isotopes is used in industry and medical studies. 

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