Tioxide Europe SAS

Company Description

Tioxide Europe SASlcome to Huntsman  
Huntsman is a global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated chemicals.  Its operating companies manufacture products for a variety of global industries, including chemicals, plastics, automotive, aviation, textiles, footwear, paints and coatings, construction, technology, agriculture, health care, detergent, personal care, furniture, appliances and packaging.
Originally known for pioneering innovations in packaging and, later, for rapid and integrated growth in petrochemicals, Huntsman today has 13,000 employees and operates from multiple locations worldwide.  The Company had 2006 revenues of over $13 billion.
About the Pigments Division
Huntsman?s Pigments Division is one of the world's largest producers of titanium dioxide pigments.  The division employs 2,600 people world-wide, and has factories in seven countries with a combined total capacity of approximately 550,000 tonnes a year.
Titanium dioxide pigments provide whiteness and opacity to a vast range of everyday products from coatings and plastics, to inks and even cosmetics and food.
To produce the pigment we process a raw material rich in titanium from minerals found in beach sands and rock.  This feedstock is treated to extract the titanium and then reform it as titanium dioxide to a very closely defined particle size.  Finally the product is coated and milled to produce a range of versatile pigments for key end uses. More detailed information is available in our brochure Manufacture and General Properties of Titanium Dioxide Pigments (PDF, 985Kb).
The pigments division is committed to continually improve its environmental performance and in 1993 set up the Materials Business with the primary aim of converting all the co-product arising from pigment manufacture into saleable products. These co-products are used mainly in agriculture, water treatment and construction, but are also widely sold in the animal feed, chemicals, beverage and paper industries.