Holliday Pigments invests in 'greener' facilities

Holliday Pigments has invested €2M in an effluent treatment plant (ETP) at its main manufacturing site in Comines, Northern France. Following the €7.5M implementation of a flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) plant in 2004, the site is now the world's largest ultramarine manufacturing plant complying with all European environmental laws. This latest initiative further supports its strive for ISO 14001 Environmental Management Standard certification by year-end 2010 and has been funded, in part, by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in Artois- Picardie. The European Union body has pledged a 10 year loan of €1.19M and converted €225,000 of this amount into a grant as part of an ongoing technical and financial partnership. Additional funding was provided by Holliday Pigments?parent company, Rockwood Pigments. www.holliday-pigments.comNike HyperRev 2017