OREANDA-NEWS. Soon CJSC Crimea TITAN will start producing a new product – TiO2 grade CRIMEA CR-071, the company's press service announced. A pilot lot has been produced for carrying out of industrial testing and sending samples to the prospective consumers. The new grade is being developed first of all for water-based paint manufacturers. This product is characterized by improved optical and colour features. The water-based coatings market is growing every year. Consequently, there is a tendency to product ramp-down of organic solvent-based paints (in particular, all interior coatings are changed to water-based paints, that is related to ecological and safety requirements). The new product has the following features: firstly, it has improved dispersibility in water-based dispersions; secondly, it has higher tinting strength, improved hiding power and low oil absorption - these features meet the requirements of a major segment of water-based coatings market.

The realization of idea of CRIMEA CR-071 development started in the second half of 2006. Since that time R&D activities and full-scale laboratory research have been carried out. Also, CRIMEA CR-071 production process chart has been worked out. The testing of the new product by the prospective consumers will take 2-3 months.