Huntsman Corporation (Salt Lake City, Utah ) is to increase capacity for titanium dioxide pigment at its Billingham / UK site by 50,000 t/y. The expansion will be based on the company’s proprietary "Icon" chloride technology and will be operational in the second half of 2007. When fully completed in early 2008, annual capacity will reach 150,000 t. Huntsman says the expansion is the first of several major steps its pigments business plans to make over the coming months to further strengthen its global position in the titanium dioxide market.
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