Sachtleben Chemie
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Sachtleben Chemie is a chemicals producer, with its primary focus on the production of white pigments, fillers and extenders.[1] The company employs some 2,200 persons and achieves annual sales of around 820 million euros (2012). Sachtleben has been a member of the multinational Venator group since 2017. The company's corporate history reaches back over 130 years. Sachtleben produces particles using titanium dioxide, zinc sulfide and barium sulfate as the chemical basis, and markets these products worldwide. The principal applications for Sachtleben products include man-made fibers, paints and other coatings, plastics, and paper. Sachtleben also supplies special particles to the foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics industries, and has interests in the fields of chromatography, nanotechnology, catalysis, and the production of building materials. The company leads the world in special titanium dioxide grades for printing inks and for the cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and food industries. The production facilities at all three locations apply the sophisticated sulfate-route process.
Company type | GmbH |
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Industry | Chemical industries |
Genre | Chemical industries |
Founded | Schöningen, Germany, (1878) |
Founder | Dr. Rudolf Sachtleben |
Successor | Metallgesellschaft |
Headquarters | , NRW Germany |
Number of locations | Duisburg, Germany Pori, Finland Krefeld, Germany |
Area served | worldwide |
Key people | Vernon S. Sumner (Chief Executive Officer), Andreas Grünewald (Chief Financial Officer), Juha Mäkinen (Chief Commercial Officer) |
Products | specialty chemicals, white pigments, titanium dioxide, functional additives, barytes, zinc sulfate, sulfuric acid |
Revenue | approx. 820 million Euro (2012) |
Number of employees | approx. 2.200 |
Website | sachtleben.de |