{
  "schema": "arhat-sourcing-needs/1",
  "updated": "2026-10-01",
  "validThrough": "2026-12-31",
  "buyer": {
    "name": "ARHAT INKS",
    "city": "Tashkent",
    "country": "UZ",
    "url": "https://arhat.ink/en/procurement"
  },
  "contact": {
    "email": "k@arhat.pro",
    "subjectFormat": "[{code}] {product} · {country} · {manufacturer|distributor|agent}",
    "replyBusinessDays": 3,
    "form": "https://arhat.ink/en/procurement#offer"
  },
  "priceBasis": {
    "preferred": "DAP Tashkent",
    "accepted": [
      "FCA",
      "FOB",
      "CIF Poti"
    ]
  },
  "documents": [
    "TDS",
    "SDS",
    "COA",
    "Certificate of origin"
  ],
  "dangerousGoodsAccepted": [
    "3",
    "4.1",
    "8",
    "9"
  ],
  "volumeBands": {
    "1": "under 10 t a year, whole group",
    "2": "10–100 t a year, whole group",
    "3": "100+ t a year, whole group"
  },
  "groups": [
    {
      "code": "SUP-01",
      "category": "Binders",
      "name": "Nitrocellulose",
      "names": {
        "ru": "Нитроцеллюлоза",
        "en": "Nitrocellulose",
        "uz": "Nitroselluloza"
      },
      "classes": "Alcohol-soluble nitrocellulose (SS type), wetted with ethanol or isopropanol.",
      "requirements": [
        {
          "name": "Grades",
          "value": "several viscosity grades, low to medium"
        },
        {
          "name": "Wetting agent",
          "value": "ethanol or IPA, about 30 %"
        },
        {
          "name": "Control",
          "value": "COA for every lot"
        }
      ],
      "cas": [
        "9004-70-0"
      ],
      "systems": [
        "solvent"
      ],
      "volumeBand": 3,
      "volume": "100+ t a year",
      "status": "qualifying",
      "dangerousGoods": "4.1",
      "url": "https://arhat.ink/en/procurement#SUP-01"
    },
    {
      "code": "SUP-02",
      "category": "Binders",
      "name": "Resins for solvent-based systems",
      "names": {
        "ru": "Смолы для спиртовых систем",
        "en": "Resins for solvent-based systems",
        "uz": "Spirtli tizimlar uchun smolalar"
      },
      "classes": "Polyurethane resins in solution, polyvinyl butyral, polyamide, ketone and solid acrylic resins.",
      "requirements": [
        {
          "name": "Compatibility",
          "value": "with nitrocellulose, in alcohol and alcohol-ester systems"
        },
        {
          "name": "Adhesion",
          "value": "to OPP, BOPP, PE, PET"
        },
        {
          "name": "For lamination",
          "value": "bond strength, heat resistance"
        }
      ],
      "cas": [
        "63148-65-2"
      ],
      "systems": [
        "solvent"
      ],
      "volumeBand": 3,
      "volume": "100+ t a year",
      "status": "qualifying",
      "dangerousGoods": "3",
      "url": "https://arhat.ink/en/procurement#SUP-02"
    },
    {
      "code": "SUP-03",
      "category": "Binders",
      "name": "Acrylic binders for water-based inks",
      "names": {
        "ru": "Акриловые связующие для водных красок",
        "en": "Acrylic binders for water-based inks",
        "uz": "Suvli boʻyoqlar uchun akril bogʻlovchilar"
      },
      "classes": "Acrylic and styrene-acrylic emulsions and solutions, solid acrylic resins, wax emulsions.",
      "requirements": [
        {
          "name": "Use",
          "value": "paper, board, corrugated board, PE and PP films"
        },
        {
          "name": "Properties",
          "value": "solids, pH, viscosity, MFFT"
        },
        {
          "name": "Stability",
          "value": "in storage and when mixed with pastes"
        }
      ],
      "cas": [],
      "systems": [
        "water"
      ],
      "volumeBand": 2,
      "volume": "10–100 t a year",
      "status": "open",
      "dangerousGoods": null,
      "url": "https://arhat.ink/en/procurement#SUP-03"
    },
    {
      "code": "SUP-04",
      "category": "Solvents",
      "name": "Alcohols, acetates, glycol ethers",
      "names": {
        "ru": "Спирты, ацетаты, гликолевые эфиры",
        "en": "Alcohols, acetates, glycol ethers",
        "uz": "Spirtlar, asetatlar, glikol efirlari"
      },
      "classes": "Alcohols (isopropanol, n-propanol, ethanol), acetates (ethyl acetate, n-propyl acetate), glycol ethers.",
      "requirements": [
        {
          "name": "Purity",
          "value": "99.5 % and above for alcohols and acetates"
        },
        {
          "name": "Properties",
          "value": "Karl Fischer water, acidity, evaporation residue"
        },
        {
          "name": "Delivery",
          "value": "in bulk, or in drums and IBCs"
        }
      ],
      "cas": [
        "67-63-0",
        "71-23-8",
        "64-17-5",
        "141-78-6",
        "109-60-4",
        "107-98-2",
        "1569-02-4",
        "34590-94-8"
      ],
      "systems": [
        "solvent"
      ],
      "volumeBand": 3,
      "volume": "100+ t a year",
      "status": "qualifying",
      "dangerousGoods": "3",
      "url": "https://arhat.ink/en/procurement#SUP-04"
    },
    {
      "code": "SUP-05",
      "category": "Pigments and fillers",
      "name": "Organic pigments",
      "names": {
        "ru": "Органические пигменты",
        "en": "Organic pigments",
        "uz": "Organik pigmentlar"
      },
      "classes": "Yellow and orange azo pigments, red lake pigments, phthalocyanine blues and greens, violets.",
      "requirements": [
        {
          "name": "Core palette",
          "value": "PY 12, 13, 14, 83 · PO 13, 34 · PR 48:2, 53:1, 57:1, 146 · PB 15:3, 15:4 · PG 7 · PV 23"
        },
        {
          "name": "Properties",
          "value": "strength and shade against standard, dispersibility, heat resistance"
        },
        {
          "name": "Sample",
          "value": "0.5–1 kg with the lot COA"
        }
      ],
      "cas": [
        "5102-83-0",
        "147-14-8",
        "1328-53-6"
      ],
      "systems": [
        "solvent",
        "water"
      ],
      "volumeBand": 3,
      "volume": "100+ t a year",
      "status": "open",
      "dangerousGoods": null,
      "url": "https://arhat.ink/en/procurement#SUP-05"
    },
    {
      "code": "SUP-06",
      "category": "Pigments and fillers",
      "name": "White and black pigments, fillers",
      "names": {
        "ru": "Белые и чёрные пигменты, наполнители",
        "en": "White and black pigments, fillers",
        "uz": "Oq va qora pigmentlar, toʻldiruvchilar"
      },
      "classes": "Rutile titanium dioxide for printing inks, printing-grade carbon black, micro-calcite, silica matting agents, aluminium pastes.",
      "requirements": [
        {
          "name": "TiO₂",
          "value": "surface-treated rutile: whiteness, opacity, dispersibility"
        },
        {
          "name": "Carbon black",
          "value": "low structure, for printing inks: volatiles, pH"
        },
        {
          "name": "Systems",
          "value": "solvent-based and water-based"
        }
      ],
      "cas": [
        "13463-67-7",
        "1333-86-4",
        "471-34-1",
        "7631-86-9"
      ],
      "systems": [
        "solvent",
        "water"
      ],
      "volumeBand": 3,
      "volume": "100+ t a year",
      "status": "qualifying",
      "dangerousGoods": null,
      "url": "https://arhat.ink/en/procurement#SUP-06"
    },
    {
      "code": "SUP-07",
      "category": "Additives",
      "name": "Additives",
      "names": {
        "ru": "Добавки",
        "en": "Additives",
        "uz": "Qoʻshimchalar"
      },
      "classes": "Dispersants and wetting agents, defoamers, waxes (micronized and emulsions), surfactants, amines and pH adjusters, biocides.",
      "requirements": [
        {
          "name": "TDS",
          "value": "dosage and system: solvent-based or water-based"
        },
        {
          "name": "SDS",
          "value": "GHS, in English or Russian"
        },
        {
          "name": "Sample",
          "value": "0.5–1 kg"
        }
      ],
      "cas": [
        "141-43-5"
      ],
      "systems": [
        "solvent",
        "water"
      ],
      "volumeBand": 2,
      "volume": "10–100 t a year",
      "status": "open",
      "dangerousGoods": null,
      "url": "https://arhat.ink/en/procurement#SUP-07"
    },
    {
      "code": "SUP-08",
      "category": "Additives",
      "name": "Plasticizers and adhesion promoters",
      "names": {
        "ru": "Пластификаторы и промоторы адгезии",
        "en": "Plasticizers and adhesion promoters",
        "uz": "Plastifikatorlar va adgeziya promotorlari"
      },
      "classes": "Citrate and adipate plasticizers, polyethylene glycols, titanium chelate adhesion promoters.",
      "requirements": [
        {
          "name": "Compatibility",
          "value": "with nitrocellulose and polyurethane resins"
        },
        {
          "name": "Properties",
          "value": "acid value, colour, assay"
        },
        {
          "name": "Shipping",
          "value": "adhesion promoters are usually class 3"
        }
      ],
      "cas": [
        "77-90-7",
        "123-79-5",
        "25322-68-3"
      ],
      "systems": [
        "solvent"
      ],
      "volumeBand": 2,
      "volume": "10–100 t a year",
      "status": "open",
      "dangerousGoods": null,
      "url": "https://arhat.ink/en/procurement#SUP-08"
    },
    {
      "code": "SUP-09",
      "category": "Packaging and logistics",
      "name": "Packaging for finished inks",
      "names": {
        "ru": "Тара для готовой продукции",
        "en": "Packaging for finished inks",
        "uz": "Tayyor mahsulot uchun idish"
      },
      "classes": "20–21 l plastic pails with ring lids (lined and unlined), 200 l steel drums (lined and unlined), plastic drums, 1000 l IBCs.",
      "requirements": [
        {
          "name": "Marking",
          "value": "UN-approved packaging for solvent-based inks"
        },
        {
          "name": "Resistance",
          "value": "to alcohols, acetates and glycol ethers"
        },
        {
          "name": "Preference",
          "value": "made in Uzbekistan or neighbouring countries"
        }
      ],
      "cas": [],
      "systems": [],
      "volumeBand": null,
      "volume": "tens of thousands of units a year",
      "status": "open",
      "dangerousGoods": null,
      "url": "https://arhat.ink/en/procurement#SUP-09"
    },
    {
      "code": "SUP-10",
      "category": "Packaging and logistics",
      "name": "International freight to Tashkent",
      "names": {
        "ru": "Международная перевозка в Ташкент",
        "en": "International freight to Tashkent",
        "uz": "Toshkentga xalqaro tashish"
      },
      "classes": "Road from China, Turkey, the EU and Russia, rail from China, multimodal via ports for India and Southeast Asia. Groupage and dangerous goods.",
      "requirements": [
        {
          "name": "Dangerous goods",
          "value": "ADR and IMDG, classes 3, 4.1, 8, 9"
        },
        {
          "name": "Rate",
          "value": "to Tashkent, customs clearance included"
        },
        {
          "name": "Format",
          "value": "regular freight tenders"
        }
      ],
      "cas": [],
      "systems": [],
      "volumeBand": null,
      "volume": "regular shipments",
      "status": "open",
      "dangerousGoods": null,
      "url": "https://arhat.ink/en/procurement#SUP-10"
    }
  ],
  "qualification": [
    "Price and offer",
    "Laboratory sample",
    "Industrial trial batch",
    "First commercial batch"
  ],
  "disclosure": "Current suppliers, trade names and per-item volumes are not published.",
  "pages": {
    "ru": "https://arhat.ink/procurement",
    "en": "https://arhat.ink/en/procurement",
    "uz": "https://arhat.ink/uz/procurement"
  }
}