About

Orient Corporation of America was established in Port Newark, New Jersey in 1979 as the leading manufacturer of Nigrosine Dye in the Western Hemisphere. Our parent company, Orient Chemical Industries Co., Ltd., is located in Osaka, Japan and was founded in 1917.

Orient Corporation of America moved its manufacturing operations to Seaford, Delaware in 1991. This is one of the world’s most technologically advanced manufacturing sites for the production of Nigrosine Dye. In 2007, Orient opened a state of the art R&D facility at our manufacturing site in Seaford, Delaware. In addition to our R&D capabilities, Orient maintains ample inventory of Nigrosine Dye and colorants manufactured by our parent company in Japan.

Orient has a lineup of various colorants that excel in inkjet inks, writing inks, paints, as charge control agents for electrographic toner and plastic applications. With the growth of inkjet printers, Orient has developed products that meet the requirements of office automation equipment where resolution has become increasingly important. Our products have gained an excellent reputation in industrial inkjet printers due to their strong reliability in quality and supply. All Orient products are characterized by excellent color and high safety.

Today, Orient Corporation of America maintains its commitment to providing the highest quality products, superior service and impeccable reliability to all of our customers. Orient Corporation of America is ISO 9001:2015 certified. Orient Chemical Industries is ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 certified. We are also fully committed to meeting the current standards for REACH and RoHS.