Ciba is a leading global company dedicated to producing high-value effects for its customers’ products. We create effects that improve the quality of life – adding performance, protection, color and strength to plastics, paper, automobiles, buildings, home and personal care products and much more. Ciba brings new and creative thought to the processes and products of our customers in more than 120 countries.

As well as sales operations across Ciba's whole business the company has two manufacturing centers in the Netherlands, Ciba Maastricht B.V. in the south, and Ciba Heerenveen B.V. in the north.

The company employs 310 people at Maastricht and 95 in Heerenveen.