PITTSBURGH — PPG Industries and Henan Billions Chemical Co. Ltd. held a ceremony to mark the completion of Henan Billions’ titanium dioxide (TiO2) manufacturing and research facility in the Henan Province of China.
Scheduled to begin production in the first quarter 2015, the facility will manufacture significant volumes of TiO2 using a chloride-based process. The 366,000-square-meter plant is expected to produce up to 100,000 metric tons of TiO2 per year and has capabilities to expand capacity. PPG intends to use TiO2 manufactured at the new facility in the production of paints and other coatings. Additionally, the new site features a 12,000-square-meter enterprise technology center, which will enable close collaboration by the two companies to accelerate development, testing and qualification of next-generation chloride-based TiO2 from the newly commissioned plant.