Kerry Pianoforte, Editor 10.24.13
Black and white pigments are key components for paint and coatings formulations. Here is look at the latest products and company news for some of the top suppliers of these key raw materials.
Titanium Dioxide
U.S.-based chemical company, Huntsman Corp. has recently announced plans to buy Rockwood Holding’s paint pigments and performance additives business for $1.1 billion.
Rockwood’s Performance Additives and TiO2 business includes the manufacture and supply of sulphate process TiO2, synthetic iron-oxide and other organic pigments, timber treatment products and specialty automotive materials.
The acquisition will make Huntsman the second-largest global producer of TiO2 and inorganic color pigments.
Huntsman said that acquisition will generate cost savings of $130 million annually by the end of 2015 and would take the combined pigments business public within two years of the deal’s closing.
“This acquisition provides a unique opportunity to unlock value within our pigments business and builds on the strong improvements we have made to its competitiveness,” Peter Huntsman, president and CEO of
Titanium Dioxide
U.S.-based chemical company, Huntsman Corp. has recently announced plans to buy Rockwood Holding’s paint pigments and performance additives business for $1.1 billion.
Rockwood’s Performance Additives and TiO2 business includes the manufacture and supply of sulphate process TiO2, synthetic iron-oxide and other organic pigments, timber treatment products and specialty automotive materials.
The acquisition will make Huntsman the second-largest global producer of TiO2 and inorganic color pigments.
Huntsman said that acquisition will generate cost savings of $130 million annually by the end of 2015 and would take the combined pigments business public within two years of the deal’s closing.
“This acquisition provides a unique opportunity to unlock value within our pigments business and builds on the strong improvements we have made to its competitiveness,” Peter Huntsman, president and CEO of
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