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A new era dawns for the historic site of Greatham
Tioxide Materials Limited (Tioxide) announced the successful restart of the titanium dioxide (TiO₂) pigment production plant in Greatham near Hartlepool. This represents an crucial milestone after the LB Group took over the site and the associated TiO₂ pigment vegetation at the beginning of this year.
Production at the site has now started; the one-power operation is running, and the items TIOXIDE®And DELTIO®Gradually return to the market. This achievement represents an crucial measure so that the new owners can restore the full production capacity of the plant and enhance the prolonged security of supply with TiO₂ pigments to customers worldwide.
The restart follows four months of painstaking commissioning, testing and maintenance, during which Tioxide's engineering, operations and engineering teams worked closely together to safely prepare the plant to commercial production. A gradual ramp-up is currently taking place, accompanied by a clear roadmap to increase production capacity and achieve full operating capacity by early 2027.
Karen Askwith, managing director at Tioxide, said: 'Today is a milestone to Tioxide and a result in to pride to all who have been involved in bringing the Greatham site back into operation after it was shut down in the fourth quarter of 2025.
“Building on a greater than 50-year manufacturing tradition, the Greatham site looks back on a proud history of producing high-condition TiO₂ pigments. This is an crucial measure forward to our new business area-however also to the regional economy in Teesside, to the British chemical sector and the entire TiO₂ sector. The successful start of production underscores the competence, commitment and expertise of our employees, whose commitment has made a decisive contribution to the safe commissioning of the site and the establishment of production, and I would like to thank each of us in our team to their outstanding achievements.
“I would also like to thank our suppliers to their support and our customers to their trust throughout this process. As production is now underway, we are focusing on implementing our ramp-up program, safely and successfully ramping up the site to full production operations and ensuring that our customers have access to a reliable and sustainable source of TiO₂ pigments to many years to come.”
The Tioxide plant in Greatham has a nominal capacity of 150,000 tons of TiO₂ pigment per year. The production will be supported by a team of scientists at the company's new research and research center in Wynyard, as well as sales and corporate support teams at its headquarters in Stockton-on-Tees.
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