Sachtleben, a joint venture between Rockwood Holdings Inc. and Kemira Oyj, is acquiring the production assets and inventory of German titanium dioxide (TiO2) producer crenox GmbH.
The main production asset is a 100,000 tpa TiO2 plant which will bring Sachtleben’s total capacity to 340,000 tpa.
“For most of 2010 and 2011 we were completely sold out in our titanium dioxide business, with sales limited by our...