PPG Marks Completion of
Henan Billions Plant in China
PPG Industries and Henan Billions
Chemical Co., Ltd., have 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.
Attending the ceremony from Henan
Billions was Xu Gang, Chairman of the
Board; Tan Ruiqing, Deputy Chairman
of the Board; and Han Jianhua, general
manager. Attending the ceremony on behalf of PPG was executive vice president,
Viktoras Sekmakas; chief technology officer and vice president, coatings research
and development, Charles Kahle; and
vice president, purchasing and logistics,
Stephen Lampe.
“PPG values its partnership with
Henan Billions and is pleased with the
additional resources the new facility will
provide for both companies. The pre-pro-
duction batches at the facility have scaled
up well and we are in the final stages of
qualifying commercial quantities of prod-
uct. With the quality demonstrated to
date, PPG plans to significantly increase
its purchase of TiO2 from the facility,”
said Kahle. “This facility and our partner-
ship with Henan Billions exemplify PPG’s
commitment to securing the global sup-
ply of titanium dioxide needed to support
our business.”
Completion of the facility follows an
agreement established in 2012 between
PPG and Henan Billions under which
PPG licensed certain chloride-based tech-
nologies to Henan Billions. PPG also es-
tablished a long-term supply agreement
to purchase TiO2 from Henan Billions.
Brilliant Group Opens
California Manufacturing
Facility
Daylight fluorescent pigment manufacturer Brilliant Group, Inc. has opened
a new 20,000 square feet (1900sqm)
manufacturing facility in Richmond,
California, USA.
Brilliant CEO Darren Bianchi stated,
“Our ability to combine manufacturing,
R&D, Quality Control and Technical
Support under our own roof will dra-
matically improve our ability to serve our
customers in a wide range of areas from
logistics and flow of goods to new prod-
new and innovative products to market.”
Brilliant was founded in 2007 follow-
ing major consolidation in the fluorescent
pigment industry.
To date, Brilliant has been manufacturing under contract and has had its
employees co-located at a contract manufacturing facility.
Known for its deep knowledge of
fluorescent color technology and breadth
of product offering, Brilliant has an extensive worldwide distribution network
which has allowed it to rapidly expand
to serve the global specialty colorants
market.
BASF Offers Improved
Flame Retardant Grade for
E&E Applications
A flame-retardant and glass fiber-rein-forced polyamide (PA), the new Ultramid
A3U42G6, is now part of BASF’s plas-tics portfolio. This light colorable grade
features easy processing with reduced
deposit formation and corrosivity. Thus,
PPG Industries officials Stephen Lampe (second from left), vice president, purchasing and logistics; Viktoras Sekmakas (center), executive vice president; and Charles F. Kahle II (far right), chief technology officer
and vice president, coatings research and development, celebrate the completion of Henan Billions’ new
manufacturing and research facility in the Henan Province of China with Deputy Chairman of the Board
Tan Ruiqing (far left) and Chairman of the Board Xu Gang (second from right) of Henan Billions.
