Travancore Titanium
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Travancore Titanium Products Ltd (TTP), is the leading manufacturer of anatase grade titanium dioxide in India. The company was opened in 1946 at Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala, India. The main product is pigment grade titanium dioxide which is extracted from ilminite, which is abundantly available as placer deposits on beaches near Kollam, 65 Kms north of Thiruvananthapuram.
The company also possess a modern sulphuric acid plant which was commissioned in 1996, for utilizing the tail gas recycling DCDA (Double Catalysis Double Absorption) technology. The alkali scrubbing system is incorporated in the plant and this inturn helps to keep sulphur dioxide emissions from the factory well within permissible limits.