Kronos Worldwide, Inc. engages in the production and marketing of value-added titanium dioxide pigments. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and currently employs 2,524 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2003-12-04. The Company, along with its distributors and agents, sells and provides technical services for its products. TiO2 is a white inorganic pigment used in applications, such as coatings, plastics and paper, as well as many specialty products such as inks, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. The firm offers its customers a broad portfolio of products that include over 50 different TiO2 pigment grades under the KRONOS trademark, which provide a variety of performance properties to meet customers' specific requirements. The firm manufactures and sells iron-based chemicals, which are co-products and processed co-products of the sulfate and chloride process TiO2 pigment production. The company also manufactures and sells other specialty chemicals, which are side-stream products from the production of TiO2.
