Venator Materials PLC (10747130): administration
- Status
- In administration
- Administration began
- 2025-09-02
- Administrators
- Helen Skeates, Mark Granville Firmin, Richard James Beard
- Administrators' firm
- Alvarez & Marsal
- Incorporated
- 2017-04-28
- Location
- Brighton
- Industry
- 64209 Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Why it went into administration
- Competition / price pressure
- Cash flow / liquidity pressure
From the administrators' statement
The Company was incorporated on 28 April 2017. As a holding company for the Venator Group, the Company did not generate its own revenue, and its main assets upon appointment were its investments in subsidiaries and an intercompany receivable owing from Venator Investments UK Limited.
The Venator Group is a global chemical manufacturing group, and a major producer of titanium dioxide (“TiO”), 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 hold 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 (2025-10-07) · Companies House register