Venator’s TiO2 Scarlino plant bought by Nuova Solmine; shuttered TiO2 ops to restart
Release time:
15 Jan,2026
in Italy has been acquired by Nuova Solmine – sulphuric acid producer at the site
LONDON (ICIS)–Venator’s titanium dioxide (TiO2) plant in Scarlino, in Italy has been acquired by Nuova Solmine – sulphuric acid producer at the site, with the long-idled TiO2 plant due to restart in January and product available for sale from next month, according to a company letter sent to customers seen by ICIS.
Neither Venator nor Nuova Solmine were available to comment directly at the time of writing.
This news marks an important milestone in reviving shuttered TiO2 production capacity in Europe, after the TiO2 Scarlino plant, which had a nameplate capacity of 80,000 tonnes/year, was shut a few years ago, due to environmental/waste disposal and market reasons.
That said, the TiO2 plant at Scarlino had been running at reduced rates for some time prior to this, due to the aforementioned reasons.
This acquisition has resulted in a newly created company of SOL.TIOX, which will be manufacturing and trading sulphate based TiO2 products from the Scarlino site.
Nuova Solmine has been a historical sulphuric acid and utilities supplier to the Scarlino site.
There had been speculation in both the TiO2 and sulphuric acid markets about this possible purchase and the prospect of the TIO2 plant’s return to operation over the past few months.
Although players in both markets had been sceptical about it, given difficult market conditions for TiO2 and ongoing profitability struggles in the TIO2 industry.
Venator filed for insolvency across its sites/business in H2 2025.
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