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Kuncai Technology joins forces with YTC to jointly expand into the global titanium dioxide market.

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2024-11-19

Recently, Yamamoto Trading Co., Ltd. announced that it will incorporate Kuncai Technology’s world‑first titanium dioxide product produced via an extraction process into its supply chain for sale in overseas markets. The product has already received positive feedback from end users and aligns with the trend of the downstream titanium dioxide industry toward environmentally friendly transformation and upgrading.

Recently, Yamamoto Trading Co., Ltd. announced that it will incorporate Kuncai Technology’s world‑first titanium dioxide product produced via an extraction process into its supply chain for sale in overseas markets. The product has already received positive feedback from end‑users and aligns with the trend of the downstream titanium dioxide industry toward environmentally friendly transformation and upgrading.

YTC stated its willingness to jointly explore global market opportunities with Kunchai Technology, leveraging Kunchai’s TiOEX titanium dioxide—a green and sustainable product—to help downstream customers significantly reduce or even achieve a zero carbon footprint, thereby contributing together to the industry’s high-quality development. Recently, the company announced a collaboration with Shotashima Materials Science and Technology to launch plastic-grade titanium dioxide for masterbatch (MB) applications, with plans to introduce coating-grade products in 2024. Meanwhile, formulations for ink applications, cosmetic-grade products, and electrical-material-grade products are also under development.

As the global trend toward “carbon neutrality” gains momentum, green and sustainable practices across supply chains are increasingly becoming a core market imperative. Western regulations are growing ever more stringent; by 2026, the European Union plans to impose a “carbon border adjustment mechanism” on certain imported products from carbon‑intensive industrial sectors. In the future, the “carbon footprint” will serve as a benchmark for assessing the core competitiveness of manufacturing firms, placing sustainability pressures on both upstream and downstream players.

Market preferences for sustainability often extend across the entire value chain, posing greater challenges for upstream raw-material suppliers. Consequently, to achieve net-zero emissions, carbon-intensive manufacturers will closely monitor the carbon footprint and environmental impacts of their products throughout every stage of production, from cradle to gate. They will implement rigorous supplier‑rating systems, incorporating green metrics such as environmental footprints into performance‑based selection criteria.

Sustainable titanium dioxide products that align with the trends of our time.

1. The process advantages of the world’s first extraction-based technology

Kuncai Technology’s TiOEX titanium dioxide is produced using the world’s first extraction‑based process, minimizing resource waste at the raw‑material stage and enabling closed‑loop recycling throughout the entire production cycle—resulting in zero solid waste and carbon emissions that account for only 33% of those from conventional processes. Leveraging its technological advantages in energy conservation, emission reduction, cost efficiency, and productivity enhancement, the company is driving sustainable development in the titanium dioxide industry.

 

2. A comprehensive supply chain management system

Kuncai Technology has deepened its industrial chain, achieving self-sufficiency in raw ore. The Mapochs mine project in South Africa is slated for a long-term capacity of 5 million tonnes per year of high-grade titanium concentrate, effectively securing overseas mineral resources and mitigating cost imbalances caused by supply-chain disruptions.

3. A Combined Approach to Carbon Reduction and Waste Minimization

Kuncai Technology has achieved zero‑carbon electricity generation through rooftop photovoltaic projects and reduced its carbon footprint in energy use by implementing staged steam recovery and the reuse of waste heat from nuclear‑powered wastewater, thereby alleviating sustainability pressures across downstream and end‑user markets.