The Chemours Company’s Titanium Technologies (TT) business has been recognized with two 2026 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Better Buildings, Better Plants Initiative awards, underscoring the company’s continued leadership in operational excellence, energy efficiency, and sustainable manufacturing.
Chemours received both a Better Project Award and a Better Practice Award, recognizing distinct but complementary innovations that reduce energy use, cut waste, and deliver measurable business value across TT operations.
Better Project Award: Zero Capital Energy Savings Through Automation
Chemours earned a Better Project Award for its “Automating Standby Savings: Zero‑Capital Energy Efficiency Initiative” at the company’s DeLisle, Mississippi pigment manufacturing facility. The project leveraged existing infrastructure to fully automate standby logic for steam-powered mills during idle periods.
By transitioning from semiautomated to fully automated standby control, the initiative significantly reduced wasted steam, improved process consistency, and eliminated reliance on manual operator intervention—without requiring any capital investment. In 2025 alone, the project delivered $275,000 in energy cost savings, reduced average idle time by 48%, and cut waste steam per unit of production by 97.5%.
The scalable approach is already being replicated at Chemours’ other pigment sites and may be adaptable across the company’s broader manufacturing footprint, reinforcing Chemours’ focus on data‑driven energy management and continuous improvement.
Better Practice Award: Redesigning Packaging to Reduce Waste and Emissions
Chemours also received a Better Practice Award for its Innovative Packaging Redesign initiative for its Ti-Pure™ TiO2 brand, which replaced rigid cardboard inserts in bulk pigment bags with custom internal baffles, creating a lighter, single material packaging solution deployable across global operations.
The redesigned packaging reduced bag weight by 33% and eliminated approximately 130 tons of cardboard waste annually. The single‑material design improves recyclability, enhances warehouse and logistics efficiency, and reduces Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions associated with transportation.
Designed for replicability, the new packaging approach is being expanded to additional packaging sizes, helping advance Chemours’ material circularity goals while supporting evolving regulatory requirements in key regions.
Driving Scalable, Business Aligned Sustainability
Together, the two awards highlight how Chemours’ TT business is embedding sustainability into everyday operations—through both site-specific innovation and enterprise-wide practices that deliver environmental impact alongside operational and financial performance.
The awards were formally recognized at the 2026 Better Buildings, Better Plants Summit, where winning projects and practices are shared to help accelerate efficiency improvements across U.S. industry.
