The Asia-Pacific Coatings Show, held in late June in Bangkok, Thailand, attracted more than 3,500 visitors (4,700 including stand personnel). The next Asia-Pacific Coatings Show is May 14-15, 2002 in Singapore. For more information, contact DMG World Media (UK), Ltd., plants in Kemerton, Australia and Ashtabula, OH have been re-rated, increasing capacity by 10,000 and 12,000 metric tons per year, respectively. Millennium’s annual TiO2 capacity is now 690,000 metric tons per year, or three percent less than before these actions, of which 73% use chloride-process technology.
Millennium will reduce its 4,300 global work force by about 10%, including 250 employees at the Hawkins Point facility.