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CLARIANT Pigments business now part of Heubach / Swiss group holds 20% / Doboczky appointed CEO of new Vienna-based company	11.01.2022
AMPACET Doubling of colour production capacity in Luxembourg	13.12.2021
CABOT Acquisition of Tokai Carbon Tianjin / Carbon black with low level of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons	17.11.2021
TITANIUM DIOXIDE New EU classification in effect / ECHA publishes application guidelines	28.10.2021
CLARIANT Price hikes for quinacridone pigments, preparations	06.10.2021
TRONOX Investment group Apollo bids on TIO2 manufacturer / Move follows talks to acquire Kem One	20.09.2021
LOMON BILLIONS Chinese TIO2 giant becomes LB Group	23.08.2021
CLARIANT New colour pigments earn TÜV Austria certification for industrial composting	22.07.2021
LIFOCOLOR Introduction of “Bio-C” masterbatch / End product can be certified as home-compostable	12.07.2021
BASF Sale of pigments business complete / DIC pays EUR 1.15 bn	02.07.2021
CLARIANT Pigments business to be merged with Heubach group / Current owner to hold 20% in combined company	15.06.2021
CLARIANT Rising prices also affect plastic pigments / Four-digit mark-ups	15.03.2021
MILLIKEN Additives manufacturer acquires Germany's Zebra-Chem / Investment in peroxide masterbatches	04.03.2021
HOLLAND COLOURS Additive for high-speed PET bottle production with light barrier properties / H1 earnings improve despite revenue decline	02.03.2021
VENATOR Titanium-dioxide manufacturer wants to shut down production facilities in Germany / 280 jobs affected	13.01.2021
AKRO-PLASTIC Masterbatches with additives for marking and welding with lasers	23.12.2020
CLARIANT Conrad Keijzer named CEO / Hariolf Kottmann to resume duties as head of board of directors	11.12.2020
CLARIANT New structure to boost growth / Adjustments will cost 1,000 jobs / Focus on three businesses	30.11.2020
AVIENT Q3 sales soar nearly one-third as demand recovers / Sales double for colour, additives and inks segment	10.11.2020
CLARIANT Sale of pigment division back on / Unit likely revamped and polished through cost-cutting	04.11.2020
LIFOCOLOR Investment at headquarters plant / French unit to double capacity	20.10.2020
LIFOCOLOR Anti-scratch additive said to eliminate white surface film on PP	01.10.2020
SAFIC-ALCAN Expanded committee to replace management team / Lo Curto named director of plastics business development / Exclusive Ti02 distribution in France	30.09.2020
LOMON BILLIONS TiO2 cooperation with Ti-Cons / Plans to boost pigment capacity at Chuxiong site to 300,000 t/y	18.09.2020
VENATOR Huntsman sells all remaining shares in titanium dioxide producer / SK Capital is the buyer	02.09.2020

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