Valhi, Inc. is an American holding company operating through wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries in a number of different industries.

It was founded in 1987 as a result of the merger of the LLC Corporation and Amalgamated Sugar Company.

[2] The Contran Corporation owned 93% of Valhi's common stock as of December 2014.

[4] Wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries include 80% of Kronos Worldwide,[5] 86% of CompX International Inc., 83% of NL Industries,[6] Basic Management, Inc. and The LandWell Company.

Former subsidiaries include Amalgamated Sugar Company, oilfield services firm Baroid, forest products firm Medford, and Arby’s franchise Sybra.