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DyStar Group., known also as simply DyStar, is a provider of products and services for the textile, leather, paper, plastic and other chemical industries. The company combines the textile dye businesses of the former dye producers Bayer, Hoechst, BASF, ICI/Zeneca, Mitsubishi and Mitsui with the auxiliary activities of Boehme and Rotta.

DyStar has about 2700 employees in more than 50 countries and runs 21 production facilities in 13 countries. Worldwide sales amounted to 800 million Euros in 2008.

History
DyStar was founded in 1995 as a joint venture from Bayer AG, Hoechst AG and Mitsubishi. In 2000 the textile dyes business from BASF was integrated. In 2004 Platinum Equity acquired DyStar. In February 2010 DyStar Group was acquired by Kiri Dyes and Chemicals (KDCL) along with its subsidiaries with the support of its joint venture partner Longsheng Group, China. Currently, Senda International Capital Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Longsheng, is a majority shareholder of DyStar Group.

With acquisitions such as Rotta, Boehme Group, Lenmar Chemicals, Color Solutions International and TexanLab DyStar has been able to diversify and grow consistently.

Sites
The company has sites or subsidiaries in all major textile markets and agencies in around 50 countries. DyStar has 20 production sites in 11 countries.

Products
Core products of the company are dyes, auxiliaries and services for the textile and leather processing industries. Furthermore the company provides toll manufacturing services for various industries.