Venator Materials UK Limited (00832447): administration
- Status
- In administration
- Administration began
- 2025-10-22
- Administrators
- Jonathan Charles Marston, Helen Skeates, Mark Granville Firmin
- Administrators' firm
- Alvarez & Marsal
- Formerly
- Huntsman P&A UK Limited; Tioxide Europe Limited; Tioxide UK Limited; BTP Tioxide Limited; British Titan Products Company Limited
- Incorporated
- 1964-12-24
- Location
- Brighton
- Industry
- 20120 Manufacture of dyes and pigments
Why it went into administration
- Competition / price pressure
- Cash flow / liquidity pressure
- Funding withdrawn / unable to refinance
- Sustained trading losses
- Regulatory change or action
From the administrators' statement
The Company was incorporated on 24 December 1964 under the name British Titan Products Company Limited. Following a number of subsequent ownership and name changes, the Company changed its name to Venator Materials UK Limited on 20 March 2018.
The Venator Group is a global chemical manufacturing group, and a major producer of TiO2, a compound with broad usage in sectors including construction, consumer materials, food and pharmaceuticals. In addition to the core TiOz business, the Venator Group also has divisions focusing upon functional additives, colour pigments and timber treatment.
The Group has chemical manufacturing plants around the world as well as local sales entities that previously held distribution rights for each region. The Group has manufacturing facilities in a number of jurisdictions, including UK, Germany, Spain, Malaysia, France and the USA.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2025-12-22) · Companies House register