For paint producers, we offer easy and cost-efficient paint production with a wide selection of high-quality TiO2 pigments for decorative paints and industrial coatings. Our versatile range and thorough application expertise guarantee that our paint customers will find exactly what they need. We provide pigments also for paper, plastic, fibers, and other applications.
Ease of use and optimized performance for various end-uses form the basis of our pigment development. We have profound knowledge of particle size control and thorough surface treatment expertise. As a result, our TiO2 grades have an exceptionally narrow particle size distribution and low-energy input on dispersion. For our paint customers, this ensures a high production capacity and provides superior hiding and tint-reducing power.
Our TiO2 grades are consistent in their quality, and they provide fast wetting when incorporated into waterborne and solvent-based media. The paint production process works smoothly without any delays, and the consistently high quality of our white pigment helps the paint producer maintain the quality of end-products.
In addition to the opaque titanium dioxide, our product selection includes transparent ultrafine UV-TITAN pigments for automotive paints, plastics, and for wood lacquers. We offer also FINNTi specialty chemicals for Mixed Metal Oxide pigments, catalysts, and photoactive TiO2 for concrete and coatings.
Kemira Coatings – a major paint producer with well-known brands
Kemira Coatings, also known as Tikkurila, is responsible for Kemira's paints and coatings business. It is a strong regional player in Europe, having a leading position in Northern and Eastern Europe. The business operations in decorative paints are the responsibility of Tikkurila Deco, and Tikkurila Industrial Coatings is responsible for the industrial coatings and binder businesses.
Kemira Coatings' leading local brands in decorative paint markets include:
- Tikkurila in Finland, Russia and Poland
- Teks in Russia
- Alcro and Beckers in Sweden
- Vivacolor in the Baltic countries
Tikkurila Coatings is a well-known brand in industrial coatings markets. The newest industrial coatings brands include Gamma and Ohtek in Russia.
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Sachtleben and Kemira - Two experienced titanium dioxide specialists are pooling their activities: the modern TiO2 plants operated by Sachtleben Chemie and Kemira Pigments will in future run under unified management. The corresponding joint venture has been set up by Rockwood Holdings Inc., of which Sachtleben is part, and Finland‘s Kemira Oyj chemicals group.
The new company, which operates as Sachtleben, is the leading producer of specialty titanium dioxide pigments for the synthetic fiber industry, specialty titanium dioxide pigments for packaging inks and specialty titanium dioxide grades for the cosmetics, pharmaceutical and food industries.
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