Because of its high, abrasive nature, TiO2 can put traditional two-piece diaphragms under extreme stress, leading to costly leak points, failure and downtime.
Recent advances have found that besides color, CICPs have properties that give them the ability to address regulatory requirements that give not only color, but functional properties.
A significant development in the coatings industry is not the latest resin, solvent or additive, it's the way these ingredients can now be bought and sold.
Over the past several years, this company carried out an extensive R&D program and demonstrated full proof of concept for a novel platform process for production of a wide range of inorganic powders based on 27 metals.
The production and distribution of high-performance pigments from 2015 to 2025 is subject to an unprecedented set of circumstances that are creating dramatic change in business conditions.
PCI recently interviewed Michael Ertl, the new head of the Inorganic Pigments business unit at LANXESS, on the latest developments and innovations in the inorganic pigments industry.
The TiO2 industry is seeing favorable supply and demand conditions. Chinese producers, the usual industry disruptors, are facing more serious challenges than their multinational competitors.