Cristal Global
The National Titanium Dioxide Company Ltd. and Millennium Inorganic Chemicals combined to form Cristal Global the world’s second-largest producer of titanium dioxide and a leading producer of titanium chemicals.
Facts
- 2nd largest titanium dioxide producer in the world, using both the chloride and sulfate processes.
- Largest merchant titanium chemicals producer.
- Leading manufacturer of Ultrafine titanium products.
- Back integrated into feedstock mining with a mine in Paraiba, Brazil and as a significant shareholder in Bemax, the world’s 5th largest TiO2 feedstock producer.
- Approximately 3,700 employees worldwide.
- Total Sales combined (2007) ~ US$1.7 billion.
- 8 manufacturing plants in 6 countries and on 5 continents.
- Headquarter in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Products
- Titanium Dioxide (TiO2)
- Performance Chemicals
* Specialty Titanium Dioxides (Ultrafine TiO2)
* Titanium Tetrachloride (TiCl4) and related products
- Ferrica™
* Gypsum
* Hydrochloric Acid
* Copperas
* Iron Chlorosulfate
* Carbon Dioxide
* Molten Sulfur
* Sulfuric Acid
- Other
* Chlorine
* Caustic Soda
* Zircon
* Ilmenite
* Rutile
* Sodium Silicate
Manufacturing Plants
- Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
- Bunbury, Australia
- Stallingborough, United Kingdom
- Thann, France
- Paraiba, Brazil
- Bahia, Brazil (a mine site)
- Ashtabula, OH United States
- Baltimore, MD United States
Leadership
Dr. Talal Al-Shair Chairman and CEO
Jamal Nahas Vice Chairman and President
Sam Alexander Executive Vice President – Operations and Technology
Abdalla Ibrahim Senior Vice President – Finance
Steve Ward Senior Vice President – Strategy and Development and Chairman and Managing Director - Bemax
Bob Daniels Vice President - Titanium Metals
David Evans Vice President – Human Resources
John Hall Vice President – Commercial
Mustafa Islam Director – Corporate Communications
Art Seibel Chief Financial Officer
Jean Pierre Verbeeck Vice President – Supply Chain