Reach for the stars
Capture the facets of the universe. Create your glittering, star-sparkling, fascinating night sky. Make the unimaginable tangible.

Effects are the salt of life. They lend objects a hint of glamour, bring hidden values into the light, emphasize diversity and uniqueness – and speak the language of a world full of emotions. Let us make your dreams, fantasies and fictions a reality – with exceptional trendsetting products, comprehensive and customized solutions, and first-class service. With us you can reach for the stars.

Be different
Place your products in a different light. Take new paths, trust new technologies. Dare to think the extraordinary.

Effect pigments apply the final touch that refines and polishes your "diamonds", makes them safer or unique. These effects enable you to add value. Your product becomes more desirable to the consumer because he associates it with positive characteristics like beauty, prestige, quality or innovation. In close collaboration with customers, trend-making agencies, designers and the owners of important brands, Ciba Specialty Chemicals analyzes the market and develops novel and unusual effect pigments. On the basis of decades of global experience our company places its expertise and know-how completely at the disposal of its customers.

Add magic
Inspire imagination. Create magical moments. Conjure a smile.

Whether fluorescent, reflective, metallic, irradiant pearl or diamond glitter - effects attract attention. Companies whose products trigger emotions or lend a hint of magic to the everyday create a unique profile for themselves. A hint of gold in make-up, a fluorescent green for a life-jacket, or a spectacular spray of diamonds for perfume packaging – Ciba Specialty Chemicals provides a magical world of technologically mature, high-value effect pigments for a wide range of sectors.

Challenge limits
Discover new dimensions. Demand the impossible. Demonstrate greatness.

Our employees have a shared vision. Their efforts are focused entirely on making the impossible a reality for our customers. That's why Ciba Specialty Chemicals is constantly searching for new substrates, continually developing its technologies, optimizing existing procedures and testing new combinations. We accept only one limitation – the wishes and desires of our customers. Ciba Specialty Chemicals makes your vision a reality by using high-quality products and services tailored to your requirements – and, in doing so, providing comprehensive solutions which involve the entire value-added chain from manufacturer to consumer.

Move ahead
Experience progress. Cross boundaries. Discover fire.

We take nothing for granted. Centuries of experience have taught us one thing: we have to keep reviewing our technologies and processes. Our goal is to progressively improve quality in order to generate sustainable values. Thanks to our globally recognized innovative strength, today we are one of the world's leading specialty chemicals companies – a constant challenge to go one step beyond our competitors. We research and develop novel effects and formulas, pigments with innovative characteristics or more high-performance procedures. To adapt these to the individual production processes we closely collaborate with our customers .

Look forward
Feel the pulse of the trends. Visualize a sparkling future. Join us in a world of emotions.

Wishes and needs create trends. In order to stay abreast of these developments, we talk with our customers, with trend scouts and agencies, with market leaders and designers. We combine these fascinating fragments of a world full of colors, shapes, materials and technologies into high-quality effects that will define the market of tomorrow. Your future success is our desire. Take a step with us into a world of emotions.