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Ilfochrome. Ilfochrome (also commonly known as Cibachrome) is a dye destruction positive-to-positive photographic process used for the reproduction of film transparencies on photographic paper. The prints are made on a dimensionally stable polyester base as opposed to traditional paper base. Since it uses 13 layers of azo dyes sealed in a

Ciba-Geigy AG, Former Swiss pharmaceutical company formed in 1970 from the merger of Ciba AG and J.R. Geigy SA. Ciba started out in the 1850s as a silk-dyeing business and branched out into pharmaceuticals in 1900, by which time it was the largest chemical company in Switzerland.

Caprolactone modified polyesters, derived from an aliphatic diol, an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid or mixtures thereof, optionally with a proportion not exceeding 10 mole % of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and terminated with an alcohol or monocarboxylic acid are good plasticizers for thermoplastic polymers especially polyvinyl chloride.

The BASF subsidiary makes products in the following areas: Agriculture, Automotive, Construction & Pipes, Electronic materials, Extractive & Process Technologies, Home & Fabric Care, Inks & Graphics, Lubricants, Monomers & Water Soluble Polymers, Packaging, Paints and Coatings, Paper, Personal Care, Photo & Digital Imaging, Plastics & Rubber,

Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation ... Ciba-Geigy AG Inventors: Brian G. Clubley ... Plastics composition. Patent number: 4207224