Grupa Azoty - Pigments

Grupa Azoty Grupa Azoty, the largest chemical group in Poland, is Poland’s only and Europe’s leading producer of titanium white.

Pigments produced by Grupa Azoty Police are Grupa Azoty’s youngest and unique product segment.

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Titanium white is a pigment used both for the production of paints, varnishes and plastics and in the paper industry. Titanium white pigments are also used in products that come into contact with foodstuff s.

Grupa Azoty titanium white, under the Tytanpol® trade name, is sold on the Polish and foreign markets.

Titanium Dioxide Pigments – universal and specialised

The Pigments Segment yields 2.9% of Grupa Azoty’s revenue. Annual production capacity of the Police-based titanium white plant is 40,000 tonnes.

13.1% Other

2.9% Pigments 3.8% Melamine

7.1% Chemicals 35.2% Nitrogen fertilizers 8.6% OXO alcohols and plasticizers

Revenue by key product group

14,4% Plastics and intermediates 14.9% Compound fertilizers

Applications Titanium white is an important manufacturing component used in numerous industries.

Key customers include paint and varnish manufacturers.

Pigments are also used in the following industries: plastics, paper, rubber, textiles, cosmetics.

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Poland’s No. 1 producer of titanium white

Thanks to the high quality of Grupa Azoty’s pigments, most of them are qualified for use in products that come into contact with foodstuff s.

Pigments offered by Grupa Azoty

universal titanium white

Tytanpol® R-001

Tytanpol® R-003

Tytanpol® R-210

Grupa Azoty manufactures TiO2 pigments under the proprietary registered trademark Tytanpol®.

The current offering comprises nine rutile types.

specialised titanium white

Tytanpol® R-002 TYTANPOL® pigments are sold in the following packagings: Tytanpol® R-211

Tytanpol® R-213

in 25 kg ventilated paper bags, in 500 or 1,000 kg big bags, in road tankers, in other packagings, to the customer’s request, e.g. in polyethylene or soluble paper bags.

Tytanpol® RS

Tytanpol® R-310

Tytanpol® RD-5

High standards TYTANPOL®, titanium white produced by Grupa Azoty POLICE, meets the European Union requirements both in terms of technology and product purity, as well as the requirements of Food and Drug Administration (FDA). TYTANPOL® pigments can be used in products that come into contact with foodstuff s. They have the NSF® 14 certificate, granted by the American National Sanitation Foundation. TYTANPOL® pigments have been registered under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, as amended.

Titanium dioxide pigments are safe to transport, apply and dispose of. They are not classified as hazardous materials under the UN Orange Book or international regulations on transport.

Applications of Grupa Azoty’s pigments Paints and coatings Over a half of Grupa Azoty’s total titanium dioxide pigment output is used by the paint industry, where it is applied to achieve the right colour and opacity of coatings. The pigment added to the coating enhances its durability and ensures effective surface covering, which results in a thinner layer with higher performance properties. Pigments are used in the production of: decorative and architectural paints, industrial coatings, printing paints.

Grupa Azoty’s pigments used in paints and coatings: Tytanpol® R-001

Tytanpol® R-002

Tytanpol® R-213

Tytanpol® RD-5

Tytanpol® R-003

Tytanpol® R-210

Tytanpol® R-211

Plastics The plastics industry consumes a significant and growing portion of titanium dioxide pigments – currently as much as 25%. Plastics are gradually replacing traditional materials such as wood or steel.

A vast majority of plastics require pigmentation to achieve the right opacity and colour. The properties of titanium dioxide make it the ideal pigment to be applied to most of plastic products. Approximately 90% of titanium white consumed by the plastics industry is used for the manufacture of thermoplastic products. Because of their properties and conditions in which they are applied, most thermosetting plastics require pigmentation with those types of titanium white which have sufficient light and weather resistance.

Grupa Azoty’s pigments used in plastics: Tytanpol® RS

Tytanpol® R-001

Tytanpol® R-211

Tytanpol® R-310

Tytanpol® R-003

Tytanpol® R-210

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Paper industry Titanium dioxide is used in the paper industry mostly for the production of high-quality ultra-white papers, especially ultra-thin papers.

Titanium dioxide pigments can be both added to paper pulp and used for coating outer paper layers, thus ensuring high quality of paper sheets. With minimum addition of pigment (usually no more than a few percent), they can produce an effect of paper opacity thanks to their high opacifying qualities. Titanium dioxide enhances printing properties of paper.

Titanium dioxide can also be applied to decorative and laminated paper. Its concentration in decorative paper can be as high as 40%.

Grupa Azoty’s pigments used in the paper industry:

Tytanpol® R-001

Tytanpol® R-003

Tytanpol® R-210

Tytanpol® R-211

Tytanpol® R-213

Rubber Titanium dioxide pigments are used for dulling white rubber products and lightening coloured rubber products (used mainly in the automotive industry) and latex products. Grupa Azoty’s pigments used in rubber products:

Tytanpol® R-001

Tytanpol® R-003

Tytanpol® R-210

Tytanpol® RS

Tytanpol® RD-5

Other applications Thanks to their unique properties, titanium dioxide pigments are also widely used in other industries: leather, synthetic fibres, enamelware, cement, bitumen, cosmetics.

Grupa Azoty POLICE ■ Tytanpol® Gdynia

Gdańsk

Police

Hamburg

Guben Puławy Kędzierzyn-Koźle Grzybów Chorzów

Tarnów

Tytanpol® R-310

Application Laboratory

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Grupa Azoty’s objective is to enable its customers to effectively use its products, therefore it provides support with solving any problems related to their application.

A wide range of recipes, a variety of techniques related to product pigmentation and processing, as well as multiplicity of product applications require using different types of titanium white. The Application Laboratory offers support when choosing the optimum kind of pigment, taking into consideration all the requirements of a particular application. Before choosing a particular type of pigment, the following should be taken into account: requirements regarding the final application (type of product, its thickness, degree of opacity, colour, application, etc.); properties of pigment (physical and chemical properties, colour, dispersibility, resistance); technical feasibility of pigmenting.

To ensure that the right type of pigment has been chosen, it is necessary to do both laboratory research and tests on the industrial scale.

Grupa Azoty POLICE’s Application Laboratory offers samples of particular pigment types, and helps its customers to choose the pigment meeting their expectations.

Sales Department – Poland Tel.: +48 91 317 47 73 Tel.: +48 91 317 43 01 Tel.: +48 91 317 38 17 Fax: +48 91 317 38 33

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Application Laboratory Tel.: +48 91 317 34 94 Tel.: +48 91 317 22 80 Fax: +48 91 317 22 76

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Grupa Azoty S.A. ul. Kwiatkowskiego 8 | 33-101 Tarnów | Poland Grupa Azoty Zakłady Chemiczne „Police” S.A. ul. Kuźnicka 1 | 72-010 Police | Poland www.tytanpol.com www.grupaazoty.com tytanpol@grupaazoty.com