Specialty chemicals company Clariant has announced a significant expansion of its catalyst production facility in Panjin, Liaoning Province in northeastern China. MA is an important component of polymers and coatings for the construction, automotive, shipbuilding and energy industries. Source: ra2

In an expert hearing (CARACAL) last week, several EU Member States rejected the classification of titanium dioxide as carcinogenic. However, the Commission has announced that it will continue the process anyway. A total of nine EU Member States have rejected the regulatory package for various reason

1-2 October 2019 | Berlin, GermanyConnecting the entire Pigment and TiO2 supply chains 2019 Who Could You Meet? “The diversity of functions, topics and quality of speakers across the value chain was excellent, enabled high value networking and collaboration opportunities throughout the conference.”

On the evening of September 3, CNNC HUAYUAN Titanium Dioxide Co., Ltd and Lomon Billions both announced that they raised the price of various types of titanium dioxide in the company, raising the domestic sales price by RMB 500/ton and the export price by USD 50/ton. The announcements all indicated

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Asia Pacific Coatings Show | Bangkok WELCOME / ยินดีต้อนรับ The Asia Pacific Coatings Show is the leading event in South East Asia and the Pacific Rim for raw materials suppliers and equipment manufacturers for the coatings industry. The event will be promoting the latest paint and coatings techno

Abstract: Powder coatings have good environmental properties and excellent coating results. This article introduces how to choose titanium white pigments suitable for powder coatings. It is recommended to consider the following properties of titanium dioxide: (1) the type of titanium dioxide; (2) th

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is the white pigment used to give whiteness and hiding power, also called opacity, to coatings, inks, and plastics. The reason for this is two-fold: * TiO2 particles of the right size scatter visible light, having wavelength λ ≈ 380 - 700 nm, effectively because TiO2 has a