Recently, Ed Sparks, President of Chemo Titanium Technology Department, said that the rebound of demand in China and Europe would lead to the recovery of titanium dioxide market demand in 2023.

 

Sparks said that in the last few months of 2022, downstream enterprises of titanium dioxide began to destock. Kemu expects that the destocking of titanium dioxide downstream will continue until the end of the first quarter of this year, and the market demand should recover in the rest of this year.

 

Compared to four months ago, the sentiment in the European market is becoming more optimistic. Sparks said: "What will drive the improvement of the titanium dioxide market in 2023 will be the normalization of European demand." He also pointed out: "In Asia, China's re opening will not only provide a driving force for the improvement of the titanium dioxide market, but also provide an overall driving force for the global economy. I am very optimistic about China's economic recovery, and have seen signs of a rebound in demand for titanium dioxide, especially through its distributors and partners." Sparks said that in China, Kemu's titanium dioxide is largely used in industrial coatings and architectural coatings. The value chain of industrial coatings is longer, so the recovery of this end market should be evident later this year.

 

As for the North American market, Sparks said: "The sustainability of demand in the North American market is better than that in other regions of the world. This is completely different from what we have seen in Europe and China, where market demand dropped sharply last year. The North American market's demand for titanium dioxide for professional coatings remains strong, but the demand in the plastic market has indeed slowed down."

 

According to data from Freddie Mac, the mortgage interest rate on 30-year housing loans in the United States has started to decline from over 7% in November last year. Previously, the increase in mortgage interest rates led to a decrease in existing home sales, while 80% of building paint sales were related to existing home sales. At present, it is unclear whether this decline in interest rates will translate into an increase in demand for titanium dioxide. Sparks said that the titanium dioxide market is stabilizing due to the insufficient supply of houses for sale in the US market. According to data from the National Association of Real Estate Agents, the current housing supply in the United States was 2.9 months in December last year. When the market has 6 months of supply, the market is in equilibrium.

Following the previous topic, manufacturers generally wrap titanium dioxide to help them wear "clothes", the most common are the followings


- Alumina coating

- Silicon dioxide coating

- Zirconia coating

Titanium dioxide has the function of sunscreen. Isn't it going to be very popular in the beauty industry and will be strongly pursued by beauty lovers?

This is related to the properties of titanium dioxide. Titanium dioxide is resistant to high temperature,

How white is titanium dioxide? To be the best in the world?

The Titanium Dioxide Industry Involution

 

In recent years, with the rapid development of the coating industry, the most direct impact on the market is that people have higher and higher requirements for the performance of titanium dioxide.

 

Titanium dioxide not only needs to have very good dispersion, but also needs to have good hiding power. It also needs to have very high whiteness and good hue. At the same time, the content of titanium dioxide should reach a relatively high proportion

 

Under such high requirements, major titanium dioxide manufacturers can only continuously improve their own titanium dioxide production technology and continuously improve their own titanium dioxide performance, to meet the needs of the market. Therefore, the internal volume of the industry has become the norm.

 

Among the few types of titanium dioxide, pigment grade titanium dioxide has very significant advantages in the hiding power and dispersion of titanium dioxide due to its high refractive index and strong achromatic power. Therefore, pigment grade titanium dioxide is widely used in both coating industry and papermaking industry. The paint industry accounts for the largest proportion of pigment grade titanium dioxide, and rutile titanium dioxide is widely used in industry.

 

Different coatings have different decorative and protective effects on the surface of objects. No matter what kind of coating, the requirements for the covering power of pigments are very high. It can be said that the covering power of coatings depends on the covering power of pigments. The construction industry, automobile industry and decoration industry we are familiar with have very high requirements for the covering power of coatings. Coatings with good covering power can not only cover the original bad colors of objects, but also add more fresh and gorgeous colors to objects, so as to achieve better decorative effects.

 

What are the specific applications of pigment grade titanium dioxide in coatings?

 

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