Chromax

What Chromax does

Chromax, legally constituted as Ecofine Colourchem Pvt. Ltd., is a Gujarat-based B2B dyestuff manufacturer that produces specialty dyes for the global textile industry. The company operates a single manufacturing plant at Saykha Industrial Estate in Bharuch alongside a corporate headquarters at GIDC Vatva in Ahmedabad, and is reported to employ 51–100 people. Founded by 8 cross-functional experts, Chromax is privately held by its founding partners with no external institutional investment disclosed. Its commercial identity rests on three product lines under the Maxobright sub-brand: Cationic Dyes formulated for acrylic fabrics, Reactive Dyes for cotton, and Disperse Dyes for polyesters, each positioned around attributes such as brightness, levelling, fastness, solubility, and resource efficiency.

The company's technical differentiator is backward integration into dye intermediaries, which gives it direct control over input cost, quality, and availability — a structural advantage relative to peers that buy intermediates on the open market. Manufacturing is supported by in-house effluent treatment infrastructure with KLD capacity, and the operation is certified to GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard), ISO quality management, and ZDHC (Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals) standards, providing credibility with sustainability-mandated textile buyers. The company sells to acrylic, cotton, and polyester textile manufacturers — covering end-uses from sportswear and winter wear to fashion and home textiles to automotive fabrics — through a direct B2B sales motion with quote-based pricing and no public price list.

Commercially, Chromax operates a sales-led, quote-based B2B model targeting enterprise textile manufacturers and dyeing houses. Revenue is generated through one-time purchase orders of Maxobright dye batches rather than licensing or subscription; pricing is negotiated per customer and not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market relies on a corporate website, direct sales and marketing outreach, and contact channels for customers, suppliers, and distributors, with a stated ambition to serve clients worldwide from its Gujarat base. No named anchor customers, distributor agreements, or partnerships are publicly identified, and no external funding rounds, M&A activity, or valuation benchmarks are disclosed in the source material.

Name

Chromax

Legal name

Ecofine Colourchem Pvt. Ltd.

Website

https://chromax.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Chromax is a Gujarat-based B2B dyestuff manufacturer producing Maxobright cationic, reactive, and disperse dyes for acrylic, cotton, and polyester textile manufacturers globally, leveraging backward integration into dye intermediaries and GOTS/ISO/ZDHC-certified manufacturing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Dyestuffs & Textile Dyes

NAICS

Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (32513), Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (325130)

SIC

Industrial Organic Chemicals (2860), Miscellaneous Chemical Products (2890)

akta.pro primary industry

Dyeing, Printing & Finishing (Chemical & Mechanical) (CRAAAMAJ)

Keywords

• Dyestuff manufacturing
• Cationic dyes
• Reactive dyes
• Disperse dyes
• Textile color solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Ahmedabad

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Dyestuff Product Sales: B2B manufacturing and sale of dyestuffs including Cationic Dyes for acrylics, Reactive Dyes for cotton, and Disperse Dyes for polyesters. Products are sold to textile manufacturers and dyeing industries globally.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Chromax manufactures and sells eco-friendly dyestuffs under the Maxobright brand for three fabric categories: Cationic Dyes for acrylics, Reactive Dyes for cotton, and Disperse Dyes for polyesters. The company uses backward integration to produce its own dye intermediaries, controlling pricing and quality while delivering high-fastness, bright, and resource-efficient color solutions to textile manufacturers and dyeing industries worldwide.

Product overview

Chromax is a 21st-century dyestuff manufacturer offering three core product lines under the Maxobright brand: Cationic Dyes for acrylics, Reactive Dyes for cotton, and Disperse Dyes for polyesters. These products are backed by backward integration capabilities that allow better control over prices and quality. The company also provides fabric-specific solution pages for Acrylics, Cotton, and Polyesters, positioning itself as an integrated manufacturer delivering sustainable, eco-friendly dyestuffs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Maxobright: Series of high-performance dyes including Cationic Dyes for acrylics, Reactive Dyes for cotton, and Disperse Dyes for polyesters, designed to maximize brightness and efficiency with fewer resources

Products and services

• Maxobright Cationic Dyes High-performance cationic/acrylic dyes designed to enhance the look and feel of acrylic fabrics, imparting excellent fastness properties and exemplary brightness. Easily soluble in water and available in vivid colors. Targeted at acrylic textile manufacturers producing sportswear, upholsteries, winter wear, carpets, and luggage.
• Maxobright Reactive Dyes Eco-friendly reactive dyes for cotton fabrics that offer outstanding bonding with cotton fibers while enhancing functional qualities. They consume fewer resources and provide excellent results with strong covalent bonds. Targeted at cotton textile manufacturers producing fashion textiles, home textiles, and garments.
• Maxobright Disperse Dyes Highly efficient disperse dyes for polyesters with excellent levelling properties, tested to be more eco-friendly than other products in the market. Feature improved solubility which saves water. Targeted at polyester textile manufacturers producing garments, home textiles, accessories, and automotive textiles.

Quantifiable outcome

• Products designed to cause virtually zero harm to people and planet
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Sudarshan Chemical Industries: Indian manufacturer of pigments and dyestuffs with global reach across coatings, plastics, and textiles. Comparable as a domestic Indian producer of colorants serving B2B industrial buyers, though with a broader pigment-led portfolio.
• Huntsman International (Textile Effects): Global specialty chemical company with a textile effects division producing dyes and auxiliaries for mills worldwide. Comparable to Chromax in reactive and disperse dye categories, though operating at vastly greater scale and breadth.
• Atul Ltd: One of India's largest integrated chemical and dyestuff manufacturers, producing dyes, intermediates, and pigments across multiple chemistry families. Comparable to Chromax as a domestic Indian dye producer, though significantly larger and broader in portfolio.
• Dystar Group: Global dyestuff manufacturer serving textile, leather, and paper industries with reactive, disperse, and specialty dyes. Comparable to Chromax across the same product families, but with significantly larger global scale and broader customer footprint.

Direct peers

• Bodal Chemicals Ltd: Indian manufacturer of dyestuffs, dye intermediates, and specialty chemicals with global exports. Closely comparable to Chromax in product scope (reactive, disperse, and other dye classes) and B2B textile mill customer base.
• Colourtex Inc. Indian reactive and disperse dye manufacturer serving global textile mills. Comparable to Chromax as a domestic Indian B2B dye producer with overlapping product lines and similar export orientation.
• Amritlal Chemaux Pvt Ltd: Indian specialty chemical and dye intermediates producer supplying textile and related industries. Comparable to Chromax on intermediate/dye chemistry and Indian manufacturing footprint, though with a different end-product mix.
• Jaysynth Dyestuff (India) Ltd: Indian manufacturer of reactive dyes and intermediates supplying domestic and export textile markets. Closely comparable to Chromax's reactive dyes line and similar B2B textile customer base.
• Meghmani Organics (Meghmani Finechem): Indian manufacturer of pigments, dyes, and agrochemicals with backward integration into intermediates. Comparable to Chromax on dye manufacturing, intermediates integration, and global B2B textile customer focus.
• Kiri Industries Ltd: Indian dye and intermediates producer with backward integration, serving global textile markets. Strongly comparable to Chromax on product mix, backward integration strategy, and export-led B2B model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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