Geigy

Inc. C. Lever Co. Sun Chemical Corp. Mobay Chemical Corp. CIBA-GEIGY Corp. BASF Wyandotte Corp. 

Adantic Chemical Corp. Ameri-can Cyariimid Co. Buffalo Color Corp. Sun Chemical Corp. Leeben Color, Div. of Tricon Colors, Inc. Intema-tional Dyestuffs Corp. BASF Wyandotte Corp. Dye Special-ties, Inc. Mobay Chemical Corp. American Cyariimid Co. C. Lever Co. Buffalo Color Corp. International Dyestuffs Corp. Dye Specialties, Inc. CIBA-GEIGY-Corp. Sun Chemical Corp. 

A competitive cotton finish, CIBA-GEIGY s Pyrovatex CP, was introduced in the 1970s especially for children s sleepwear and other uses. It is based on the following chemistry ... 

D. AUen, CIBA-GEIGY Corp., private communication, June 1992. 

Measurement of Whiteness. The Ciba-Geigy Plastic White Scale is effective in the visual assessment of white effects (79), but the availabihty of this scale is limited. Most evaluations are carried out (ca 1993) by instmmental measurements, utilising the GIF chromaticity coordinates or the Hunter Uniform Color System (see Color). Spectrophotometers and colorimeters designed to measure fluorescent samples must have reversed optics, ie, the sample is illuminated by a polychromatic source and the reflected light passes through the analy2er to the detector. 

The chemical industry manufactures a large number of antioxidants (qv) as well as uv stabilizers and their mixtures with other additives used to facilitate resin processing. These companies include American Cyanamid, BASE, Ciba—Geigy, Eastman Chemical, Elf Atochem, Enichem, General Electric, Hoechst—Celanese, Sandoz, and Uniroyal, among others. The combined market for these products in the United States exceeded 900 million in 1994 and will reach 1 billion in the year 2000. 

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