Rockwood Pigments is the second largest manufacturer of iron oxide color pigments in the World. We manufacture and supply powder, liquid and granular forms of iron oxide and other inorganic pigments for use by manufacturers of coatings and colorants, concrete products, plastics, rubber, paper, vinyl, cosmetics, pet food, ink, toner, and many other industrial uses. Our pigments are used for color applications, corrosion protection, flame suppression, and their chemical properties. Manufacturing and processing sites are located in Beltsville, MD; St. Louis, MO; Los Angeles, CA; Cartersville, GA; King of Prussia, PA; Walluf, Germany; Matlock, UK; Torino, Italy; Bromont, Canada; Fuyang, China and Calcutta, India. Our worldwide headquarters are located in Beltsville Maryland with sales, R&D and technical service laboratories at each of the US operating sites. North America sales representatives and warehouse stocks are located in major cities throughout the US and in selected regions of Canada.

Rockwood Pigments (UK) Ltd, part of Rockwood Inc., has a head office at Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent. The Kidsgrove site was acquired by Rockwood Pigments (UK) Ltd following the acquisition of Johnson Matthey’s color pigment business in 2004. Kidsgrove manufactures high performance inorganic pigments best known as Colourplex®, Solaplex®, Reflect™ and Camouflage™ brands and customised/specialised powder blends. Rockwood is now the last remaining pigment manufacturer in the UK. Rockwood operates the largest dispersion house in the UK from Sudbury, Suffolk, where it manufactures a wide range of color pigment dispersions for coatings, plastics, printing inks and concrete amongst others and specialised additive/wax preparations. Dispersion brands include Timbasol®, Tintersol® and Addinox; the Sudbury site also undertakes a significant amount of toll and contract processing for UK and European companies that value the flexibility and formulatory/processing expertise that the service-led Sudbury site offers.

Rockwood Pigments (UK) Ltd is also sales office and local service centre for Rockwood’s opaque and transparent iron oxide pigments and is a distributor for Elementis’ chrome oxide green pigments.

Associated Rockwood Inc. sites include Rockwood Additives in Widnes and Rockwood Driers in Birtley.

Brockhues AG - A member of the Rockwood Pigments group, Brockhues is a mid-sized entrepreneurial company focused on the provision of unique product solutions in order to meet complex individual customer requirements. Located in Germany’s Walluf/Rheingau region since 1889, Brockhues’ focus on customer needs combined with pigment handling innovations have been and still are the pillars of success and the basis for opportunities in the future. Its core business is high-quality colouring systems for concrete construction materials, especially for roofing tiles, concrete products, paving and walkways. Brockhues’ premier, state-of-the-art product is the Granufin® concrete colouring system that is patented worldwide. Granufin® are free-flowing micro-granules of colour engineered to work together with the Granumat®, a digitally controlled dosing system for precise, automatic colour handling in concrete manufacturing plants. In addition to its core business, Brockhues produces high-purity liquid pigment preparations called Colorfin®, which are iron oxide or carbon-based liquid colourants for the concrete, paper, paint, coatings and plastics industries; and Disperfin®, which are high-quality preparations of transparent iron oxides for wood stain and varnish applications.

All Brockhues processes are quality controlled and certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2000 quality management systems and the standards of DIN EN IS0 14001:1996 for environmental responsibility. Customer-oriented application consulting is a further key segment of Brockhues. In close cooperation with the client, Brockhues develops economical solutions from simple to complex pigment applications all the way to tailor-made colouring systems.

Holliday Pigments is a world leading supplier of ultramarine pigments which are used in a variety of applications including plastics, coatings, cosmetics, artists colours and printing inks. Exporting to over 80 countries, Holliday Pigments has dedicated customer and technical service teams at its factory in France and its commercial office in Singapore.

Holliday Pigments has a proud 125-year history in the manufacture of technical quality ultramarine and is the only ultramarine manufacturer in the world to have invested in Flue Gas Desulphurisation technology, reducing sulphur dioxide emissions inherent in the manufacturing process by more than 99.5%.

The Rockwood site in Torino, Italy has a tradition of colour excellence after more than 75 years as a family-owned business previously know as Silo Pigments. In 1993, Silo became a member of the Rockwood Pigments group. Located in Italy’s industrial heart, the site has been producing iron oxide and chromate powder pigments since 1921. The production facilities have been gradually expanded and modernized. Large-scale reaction vessels and processing systems (reaction volume up to 2,400 m3) ensure top pigment quality by application of state-of-the-art production technology. The Torino facility is one of the three largest pigment manufacturers in the world and demonstrates Rockwood’s commitment to environmentally-compatible production methods along with optimal energy efficiency through ultra-clean salt recovery and water purification treatments as well as through investments in energy efficient process technology.

Since 1997, the site has operated a spray-drying facility for the production of Granufin® micro-granules, part of the worldwide patented Brockhues concrete colouring system.

Red, Yellow and Black iron oxides are synthesized at the Torino site and marketed under the Ferroxide™ brandname. The name Ferroxide™ stands for a wide range of yellow, red, brown and black powder pigments which are characterized by high colour intensity and brilliance, utmost purity and resistance to weathering. These high-quality powder pigments are used in all major areas of pigment applications: concrete construction materials, paper, ceramics, plastics, toner, paints and coatings.

Rockwood Pigments has established its presence in the Asia Pacific for over twenty years, and it currently serves customers in over fifteen countries across the region. As an integral part of Rockwood Pigments global organization, it provides inorganic pigments and serves the industries of construction, coatings and paint, plastics, ink, rubber, paper, photochemical, pharmaceutical, toner and other industrial uses. Recognizing the diversity of business practices and business environments in the region, it also brings customized solutions to local customers’ unique needs. Rockwood Pigments Asia Pacific regional sales offices are located in Singapore and Shanghai, China, where Rockwood operates two iron oxide production facilities.

Rockwood Pigments is totally committed to bring the best products, best systems and best services to the Asia Pacific region.

Rockwood Pigments Australia has an established office, warehouse and laboratory facility located in the Melbourne suburb of Dandenong servicing both the Australian and New Zealand markets. Rockwood Pigments Australia supplies powder and granular forms of iron oxide, plus other inorganic pigments, for use in the manufacture of surface coatings and colorants, concrete products, ceramics, plastics, rubber, paper, cosmetics, pet food, ink, toner and many other industrial uses.