As We Go To Press
Pigments and Fillers in the Europe
IRL has published a study entitled
“Pigments and Fillers in the European
Coatings Industry.” The study provides
an overview of the market sizes and
trends, which govern the demand for
all of the key types of pigments and
fillers within the European paint and
coatings sector.
Pigment consumption by the
European paint and coatings industry was rated at 1,035,000 tons in
2009, with titanium dioxide use
accounting for just over 762,000 tons
(approximately 73%). Carbon black is
the second-largest single pigment
type, with consumption at 77,500
tons, which is just slightly less than
the combined use of other inorganic,
organic and special effect pigments.
Functional pigments represent a
market of 116,000 tons.
A number of driving forces continue to shape the market for pigments
as far as the coatings industry is concerned. These include the elimination
of heavy metals and heavy metal
salts on the one hand and the greater
ingress of competitively priced high-performance pigments from the Far
East on the other. Inorganic pigments, although losing some appeal
due to cadmium, chromium or barium content, will in general continue
to be the preferred types where heat,
light and chemical resistance properties are required. Organic pigments
represent an area of modest growth
where phthalo blues and greens
make up 27% of this market; classic
azo reds/lakes and toners 24%; reds
and oranges 13%; diarylide yellows
10%; yellows 8%; monoarylides 6%;
and all others 12%.
The volume of fillers and extenders
consumed by the European coatings
industry is placed at almost 1.65 mil-
lion tons in 2009. The market is dom-
inated by consumption of calcium car-
bonate at 960,000 tons, followed at a
considerable distance by talc and
kaolin applications. Tightening legis-
lation, changing formulation practices
and increased use in functional appli-
cations are all driving innovation in
the pigment industry. Most parts of
the paint pigments market are grow-
ing at between two percent and four
percent per annum (the exception
being chromium-containing types,
which are in gentle decline), with
metallics offering the best growth
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AKZONOBEL TO EXPAND NINGO SITE
AkzoNobel is to build an additional
plant at its Ningbo multi-site for its
functional chemicals business. The
new € 17 million project—part of a
total investment of €275 million—
will further expand the company’s
growing organic peroxides activities.
This index gives the starting page for a department or feature with
a significant reference to a manufacturer of paint, coatings, adhesives and
sealants. Subsidiaries are indexed under their own names.
AkzoNobel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
BASF Coatings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 18
DSMDesotech ............................................ 36
Dunn-Edwards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Dur-A-Flex ............................................... 24
Ecology Coatings .......................................... 36
Geocel ................................................... 24
Henkel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
InternationalPaint ........................................ 39
Jotun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Kansai Paint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
PPG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 39, 45
RPM .................................................... 45
Sherwin-Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 39, 50
Teer Coatings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Valspar ............................................... 10, 45
