British Titan Products Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Imperial Smelting Corp Ltd
- ICI Ltd
- Titan Co Inc
- Goodlass Wall & Lead Industries
- Huntsman Tioxide
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Billingham, Stockton on Tees, Cleveland, North East, England
- Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, Humberside, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
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Chemical production
Dyes & pigments production
Notes:
Traces origins to 1930 when established as a subsidiary of Imperial Smelting Corp Ltd. Reformed 1933 when owned by Imperial Smelting, ICI, Titan Co Inc and Goodlass,Wall & Lead Industries Ltd. Established a manufacturing plant at Billingham, later another at Grimsby, to make titanium tioxide, a brilliant white pigment used to give whiteness to industrial and household products. By 1990 ICI was sole shareholder. 1999 control acquired by Huntsman chemical business of USA and renamed Huntsman Tioxide
Publications:
- Development of the titanium tioxide industry on Teesside by Williams, F R
- Fifty Years of Pigment Production (Grimsby), 1949-1999 by Unknown
- From British Titan Products to Huntsman Tioxide. A company history, 1930-2000 by Graham, John M
- Tioxide Group. Fifty years of pigment production, 1934-1984 by Fennelly, Lionel V
- Twenty Five Years of Central Laboratories, 1963-1988 by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Imperial Smelting Corp Ltd
- ICI Ltd
- Titan Co Inc
- Goodlass Wall & Lead Industries
- Huntsman Tioxide
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Billingham, Stockton on Tees, Cleveland, North East, England
- Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, Humberside, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
- Chemical production Dyes & pigments production
Notes:
Traces origins to 1930 when established as a subsidiary of Imperial Smelting Corp Ltd. Reformed 1933 when owned by Imperial Smelting, ICI, Titan Co Inc and Goodlass,Wall & Lead Industries Ltd. Established a manufacturing plant at Billingham, later another at Grimsby, to make titanium tioxide, a brilliant white pigment used to give whiteness to industrial and household products. By 1990 ICI was sole shareholder. 1999 control acquired by Huntsman chemical business of USA and renamed Huntsman TioxidePublications:
- Development of the titanium tioxide industry on Teesside by Williams, F R
- Fifty Years of Pigment Production (Grimsby), 1949-1999 by Unknown
- From British Titan Products to Huntsman Tioxide. A company history, 1930-2000 by Graham, John M
- Tioxide Group. Fifty years of pigment production, 1934-1984 by Fennelly, Lionel V
- Twenty Five Years of Central Laboratories, 1963-1988 by Unknown