HISTORY

Nubiola, a family business founded in 1914 specialising in the production of inorganic pigments, began its business development with Ultramarine Blue, a pigment whose application in those days gave clothes a clean, bluish white hue when washed.

Today, thanks to the development and extension of the product range and the efforts by our employees, Nubiola features a wide range of technical pigments which are ideal for applications in such diverse sectors as plastics, paints, cosmetics, inks, artists' colours and many more.

Meeting the needs of our customers is the driving force behind our decisions. Quality and the continuous development of our products and service, as well as close ties with our customers in terms of service and communication, are the main priorities for everyone at Nubiola.

Nubiola's investment policy in research and development, and our commitment to environmental issues allow us to feature high technology products and develop environmentally friendly processes and products.

Our evolution from 1914 to today is proof of our concern for constant improvement in top quality products and service.

1914	Nubiola, S.A. set up, manufacturing ULTRAMARINE BLUE in Barcelona, Spain.
1944	Purchase of the Llodio (Spain) factory.
1960	CHROME OXIDE GREEN production begins.
1968	CHROME YELLOWS, ORANGE AND RED MOLYBDATES and ZINC CHROMATES production begins.
1969	Girardota, Medellin (Colombia) factory set up.
1970	R+D and Product Application Laboratories set up in Barcelona, Spain.
1975	ZINC CHROMATES, ORANGE AND RED MOLYBDATES and CHROME YELLOWS production in Colombia begins.
1980	Construction of the first Group factory environmental control plants.
1983	IRON OXIDES production begins.
1992	Purchase of the Doicesti (Romania) factory.
1994	Purchase of the Chennai (India) factory.
1994	ISO 9002 certification granted.
1994	Colombia joins the Responsibility care Programme.
1995	Ultramarine blue and violet NUBIX and LOW DUST range launched.
1995	ULTRAMARINE BLUE production ceases in Barcelona, facilities transferred to Girardota (Colombia) and Llodio (Spain) factories.
1997	NUBIFLOW and NUBICROM 02 range launched.
1999	Purchase of Colores Hispania, S.A. (Spain), manufacturing specialists of non-toxic activated anticorrosives, lead chromates and molybdates.
1999	Nubiola USA, Inc., Atlanta, USA sales office opens.
1999	New R+D and product Application Laboratories open in Barcelona, Spain.
2000	Nubiola Japan, Yokohama-Shi, Japan sales office opens.
2001	ZINC FERRITE production begins.
2002	Nubiola China, Shanghai, China sales office opens.
2003	Nubiola Germany, Mannheim, Germany sales office opens.
2003	Joint-venture in China.
2005	Purchase of an Iron Oxide plant in Rousse, Bulgaria.
2006	Nubiola South Africa, Franschhoek, South Africa sales office opens

Thanks to our efforts, we are now internationally recognised for our quality products and excellent service, and our sole objective is to satisfy the needs of our national and international customers.

The main strengths of the Nubiola philosophy are the following:

· Reliability and commercial credibility
· Innovation and constant improvement
· Managerial strength
· Agility and efficiency
· Responsibility and environmental concern
· Generational continuity
· Pro-active attitude and foresight

Our mission consists in maintaining and increasing our global recognition for product and service quality in the sector of inorganic pigments. We want our customers to see us as a permanent collaborator and establish long term ties with them in order to grow together.