The dyestuff sector is one of the important segments of the chemicals industry in India, linked with a variety of sectors like textiles, leather, paper, plastics, printing links and foodstuffs.
Dyestuff is a general industry term covering both dyes and pigments in terms of chemistry, reactions and properties.
Dyes are any substance, natural or synthetic, used to color various materials, and have wide industry applications ranging textiles, leather, food, and paper etc.
Dyes are designed to resist natural elements such as sunlight, wind and man-made elements like oxides of nitrogen, hydrolysis etc.
There are about 600 types of dyestuffs produced in the country.
