Huntsman/ICI deal creates new questions for industry.
He had good reason for giving the light-hearted warning before his talk on the Middle East TiO2 market. News that Huntsman Chemical would take a 70% stake in four of ICI’s businesses, including Tioxide, had just been announced. Speakers at the conference, held near Venice in mid-April, were there to provide perspective on the globalizing and consolidating marketplace.