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Imerys Performance Minerals provides customers with tailor-made solutions in a highly technical field, based on the processing of calcium carbonates, kaolins, calcined kaolins, feldspar, mica and ball clays. The development of partnerships with customers is essential within the value-added markets of performance minerals comprising plastics, rubber, coatings, adhesives, caulks and sealants, health, beauty & nutrition and building & construction materials.

Imerys Carbonates - USA, Winner of the Imerys Sustainable Development Challenge 2009 for Environment
The Sylacauga, Alabama treatment facility turned issues with a key product into an opportunity to improve both customer satisfaction & environmental performance.

ImerCure™ X10 - A Novel Additive for UV Curable Wood Coating
ImerCure™ X10 gives the ability to improve performance in UV cured clear coatings. Improvements in mechanical properties such as modulus, strength & hardness can be seen whilst maintaining other aspects of the coating such as clarity, haze & scratch resistance.

Cost Effective Opacity - A Natural Alternative to Opaque Polymer
Flash calcined kaolin and opaque polymer are competing technologies that can exert a direct influence on the optical properties of interior decorative matte emulsion paint.

FiberLink™ 101S & 102S Mineral Additive for Nonwoven Applications
FiberLink 101S & FiberLink 102S are the latest development in nonwoven and mineral technology. These products have been specifically designed to enable the amount of resin used in nonwoven production to be substantially reduced.