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Given a variety of contributing factors, TiPMC believes tight TiO2 supply and increasing prices will persist through 2022.

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.

CMG's 2023+ World Color Forecast revealed a major shift happening in the world of color forecasting, color is growing to be globally interwoven.

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.

Contrary to what many have been told, the impact of high-quality TiO2 on overall paint costs is more nuanced than you'd think.

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.

Important for the description of a colored pigment are not only its optical properties, but also its behavior in mixtures. This is the only way to understand the behavior of these pigments.

New pigment technology using ultra-thin aluminum substrates can be used to produce highly opaque, chromatic effect coatings. With the individual effect pigments it is possible to realize color shades that were previously only known from (semi-) precious metals.