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Cristal calls for TiO2 change

20 March 2009

by Simon Moores

Second largest titanium dioxide producer calls for change in slumping market

Keywords: Cristal, tiO2, titanium dioxide, pigments, paint

Cristal Global, the world’s second largest titanium dioxide (TiO2) producer, has called for change in the industry following the worsening impact of the global crisis on its markets, speaking at last month’s TiO2 2009 conference in Rome, Italy.

The group’s commercial vice president, John Hall, said: “A transformation must occur throughout the value chain. In the last 30 years the TiO2 industry has changed,...