Chemical manufacturing
Manufacturing Software for Pigment Manufacturers in India
Purpose-built for phthalo blue, pigment yellow, red, and specialty pigment units. Batch tracking, particle size QC, GPCB compliance — designed for Gujarat MSMEs.
Used in GIDC units across Vatva · Naroda · Ankleshwar · Vapi · Sachin
Faktry is manufacturing software designed for Indian pigment units producing phthalocyanine blues/greens, azo yellows and reds, and specialty pigments. It captures particle size (D50/D90), tinctorial strength, shade match, and dispersion data as structured QC parameters, auto-generates buyer COAs, and keeps solvent recovery and VOC data GPCB-audit-ready. Starts at ₹8,999/month.
People also ask
- Does Faktry support phthalocyanine (Blue 15:3), pigment yellow, pigment red chemistries?
- Yes. Recipe flows accommodate phthalocyanine synthesis (phthalic anhydride + urea + CuCl pathway), azo coupling for pigment reds and yellows, and downstream milling/dispersion steps. Each product gets its own recipe, QC template, and workflow — chemistry-specific but all on the same platform.
- Can Faktry track particle size (D50, D90) as QC parameters?
- Yes. QC templates accept any numeric parameter with acceptance ranges — D50, D90, specific surface area, oil absorption, tinctorial strength percentage, shade match. You configure once per product, Faktry validates on every batch, and trend charts show drift over time.
- How does Faktry handle solvent recovery tracking for pigment plants?
- Configure solvent (xylene, toluene, MEK) as inventory items. Each batch records solvent input and recovered solvent output. Recovery efficiency per batch becomes visible as a metric. For GPCB CETP and VOC compliance, the structured recovery data exports directly alongside batch records.
Pain points
- Particle size consistency — a shift in milling time or dispersion pressure changes tinctorial strength, and paint buyers reject the lot on shade or gloss variance
- Raw material volatility — phthalic anhydride, urea, CuCl swing 10–20% monthly; paper can't compute per-batch cost impact in real time
- Pigment Red, Yellow, Blue each need distinct recipe flows and QC templates — paper registers can't enforce per-product discipline
- GPCB compliance on CETP discharge, hazardous solvent recovery, and VOC tracking for pigment plants is heavier than most units track on paper
- Paint and plastic buyers (Asian Paints, Kansai Nerolac, masterbatch makers) demand batch COAs with tinctorial strength and dispersion data — copying from registers is slow and error-prone
How Faktry solves it
- Recipe cards capture milling time, dispersion pressure, viscosity targets as structured parameters — not free-form instructions
- Batch lineage includes particle size, tinctorial strength, dispersion quality — every finished lot traceable to raw material drum numbers
- Inventory auto-decrements phthalic anhydride, urea, CuCl, solvents by actual consumption with landed cost per batch
- QC templates for particle size (D50, D90), tinctorial strength vs reference, dispersion quality — auto-trigger on batch completion
- Works offline — GIDC Wi-Fi outages don't stop shop-floor data capture
- Customer COA (Certificate of Analysis) generates automatically from batch QC data — no manual copying
Why does pigment manufacturing need chemistry-aware software?
Gujarat hosts much of India’s pigment manufacturing — copper phthalocyanine (Blue 15:3, Green 7), azo pigments (Yellow 12/14/17, Red 48:2, Red 57:1), and specialty grades for paints, plastics, inks, and masterbatches.
The chemistry is multi-stage: synthesis (condensation, coupling), isolation, milling, and dispersion. A shift in any of these — milling time too short, dispersion pressure off, solvent ratio drifted — changes the finished pigment’s tinctorial strength, shade, or particle size distribution. Paint buyers notice. Plastic masterbatch makers reject lots.
This is what Faktry was built to digitise.
Where does pigment QC get demanding?
Unlike simpler chemical intermediates, pigments get judged on multiple physical properties, not just chemistry:
- Tinctorial strength — colour intensity vs reference standard, typically ±3%
- Particle size distribution — D50 and D90 both matter for gloss and dispersion
- Shade match — visual comparison against the paint buyer’s reference card
- Dispersion quality — grind gauge readings, presence of aggregates
- Oil / DOP absorption — plasticiser demand for plastic applications
- Heat stability — colour retention at processing temperatures
Paper QC registers struggle here. Faktry’s QC templates accept all of these as structured parameters with acceptance ranges, so every batch gets the same discipline without depending on the technician’s patience that day.
Typical pigment QC parameters captured by Faktry
| Parameter | Why it matters | Typical acceptance |
|---|---|---|
| Tinctorial strength | Paint buyer shade match | ±3% vs reference |
| Particle size D50 / D90 | Gloss, dispersion | Per-customer spec |
| Shade match | Masterbatch compatibility | Visual / spectro vs reference card |
| Dispersion / grind gauge | Paint film quality | Per-application target |
| Oil or DOP absorption | Plasticiser demand | Per plastic application |
| Heat stability | Processing temp colour retention | Per customer |
What GPCB load do pigment plants carry?
Pigment units run heavier compliance loads than many other chemical manufacturers:
- Consent to Operate (CTO) from GPCB with pigment-specific conditions
- VOC tracking for xylene, toluene, MEK use in synthesis and milling
- Solvent recovery records — closed-loop recovery efficiency reporting
- Hazardous Waste Manifests (Form 10) for copper, chromium, cadmium residues
- CETP discharge with pigment-specific COD and colour parameters
- ZLD compliance in Vapi and newer clusters
Faktry’s compliance export pulls batch records, solvent recovery data, and QC history in the structure GPCB inspectors expect — in minutes.
What a typical Pigment Blue 15:3 batch looks like
What the team sees across a standard masterbatch order:
- Order and batch plan are ready in seconds. No retyping product, customer, or quantity.
- Recipe card is printed at the right scale with the synthesis, pigmentation, and milling specs the operators already follow.
- Actuals captured on the floor. Synthesis yield, crude filter weight, finished pigment after milling — recorded while the batch is fresh, not reconstructed the next day.
- QC lives with the batch. Particle size, tinctorial strength, shade match, and grind gauge — compared against the right spec for this customer, not general defaults.
- COA ready for dispatch. Inventory updates itself.
Full lineage, ready for GPCB or any paint buyer’s audit — without anyone staying late to put the paper trail together.
Starting price
₹8,999/month flat — your whole factory team, all core modules. Pigment units almost always add the QC module because particle size and tinctorial strength testing are non-negotiable; the Compliance module earns its place for VOC-heavy plants and those close to a CTO cycle. Add-on modules are custom-quoted per factory — we’ll share the full quote on the pilot call. Setup and guided onboarding are a separate one-time fee, also custom-quoted.
30-day free pilot with no credit card. We help you import products, recipes, and inventory, train operators and QC techs, and you’re live in two days.