Dystar
Encyclopedia
DyStar Colours Deutschland GmbH is a leading provider of products and services for the textile
and leather industry
. [The company combines the textile dye
businesses of the former dye producers Bayer, Hoechst, BASF, ICI
/Zeneca
, Mitsubishi and Mitsui
with the auxiliary activities of Boehme and Rotta.]
DyStar has about 2700 employees in more than 50 countries and runs 21 production facilities in 13 countries. Worldwide sales amounted to 800 million Euros in 2008.
from Bayer AG, Hoechst AG
and Mitsubishi
. In 2000 the textile dyes business from BASF
was integrated. In 2004 Platinum Equity
acquired DyStar. With different acquisitions the enterprise grows continuously up to now . In February 2010 DyStar Group has been acquired by Kiri Dyes and Chemicals (KDCL), whose owner is Manish Kiri.
Textile manufacturing
Textile manufacturing is a major industry. It is based in the conversion of three types of fibre into yarn, then fabric, then textiles. These are then fabricated into clothes or other artifacts. Cotton remains the most important natural fibre, so is treated in depth...
and leather industry
Leather production processes
The leather manufacturing process is divided into three sub-processes: preparatory stages, tanning and crusting. All true leathers will undergo these sub-processes. A further sub-process, surface coating may be added into the sequence...
. [The company combines the textile dye
Dye
A dye is a colored substance that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is being applied. The dye is generally applied in an aqueous solution, and requires a mordant to improve the fastness of the dye on the fiber....
businesses of the former dye producers Bayer, Hoechst, BASF, ICI
ICI
ICI or Ici may mean:* ICI programming language, a computer programming language developed in 1992* Ici , an alternative weekly newspaper in Montreal, CanadaICI is also an abbreviation which may mean:...
/Zeneca
Zeneca
Zeneca Group PLC was a multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Zeneca was formed in June 1993 by the demerger of the pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals businesses of Imperial Chemical Industries into a separate company listed on the London Stock Exchange.In 1999...
, Mitsubishi and Mitsui
Mitsui
is one of the largest corporate conglomerates in Japan and one of the largest publicly traded companies in the world.-History:Founded by Mitsui Takatoshi , who was the fourth son of a shopkeeper in Matsusaka, in what is now today's Mie prefecture...
with the auxiliary activities of Boehme and Rotta.]
DyStar has about 2700 employees in more than 50 countries and runs 21 production facilities in 13 countries. Worldwide sales amounted to 800 million Euros in 2008.
History
DyStar was founded in 1995 as a joint ventureJoint venture
A joint venture is a business agreement in which parties agree to develop, for a finite time, a new entity and new assets by contributing equity. They exercise control over the enterprise and consequently share revenues, expenses and assets...
from Bayer AG, Hoechst AG
Hoechst AG
Hoechst AG was a German chemicals then life-sciences company that became Aventis Deutschland after its merger with France's Rhône-Poulenc S.A. in 1999...
and Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi
The Mitsubishi Group , Mitsubishi Group of Companies, or Mitsubishi Companies is a Japanese multinational conglomerate company that consists of a range of autonomous businesses which share the Mitsubishi brand, trademark and legacy...
. In 2000 the textile dyes business from BASF
BASF
BASF SE is the largest chemical company in the world and is headquartered in Germany. BASF originally stood for Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik . Today, the four letters are a registered trademark and the company is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange, and Zurich Stock...
was integrated. In 2004 Platinum Equity
Platinum Equity
Platinum Equity, LLC is a private equity investment firm founded by Tom Gores in 1995. The firm focuses on leveraged buyout investments of established companies in the U.S. and Europe....
acquired DyStar. With different acquisitions the enterprise grows continuously up to now . In February 2010 DyStar Group has been acquired by Kiri Dyes and Chemicals (KDCL), whose owner is Manish Kiri.