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Heubach India: Bridging the Gap Between Ecology and EconomicsDid you know that ecology and economics can go hand in hand through sustained efforts to incorporate environmental thinking into mainstream processes? Heubach India is doing just that, and making a profit.
Pigments, like the colors they reflect, are everywhere: ink in magazines, the plastic covers of mobile phones, anti-corrosive paints on cars, etc. The factories producing such pigments are typically large consumers of chemically based raw materials and hence create vast amounts of highly toxic discharges.
Heubach India has set its goal to come as close to zero emissions as possible without compromising its leading position as a producer of high-quality pigments for the global market. Backed up by the results to prove it, their philosophy is one that assertively states that ecology and economics can go hand in hand, even for an upstream/primary producer. As a direct result of their effort to incorporate environmental thinking into their mainstream processes, Heubach has become one of the world’s top pigment suppliers, both in terms of quality and quantity.
Investment costs for pollution controls are usually seen as heavy burdens in a competitive market, enticing industries to move to countries where compliance is less restrictive and expensive.
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