OUR MISSIONS

Our customers’ products and processes are more attractive and environment-friendly, cheaper and stronger thanks to our solutions, expertise and innovation capability.


Help our customers make better products for less

Lower temperature firing, better insulated furnaces, quicker and more accurate polishing, high quality plastics that use less oil derivatives, faster and cheaper wall-building: we help our customers reduce scrap, use less energy or raw materials and save time.
How? Through a close partnership and in-depth knowledge of their manufacturing processes, their constraints and their priorities.



Add beauty to everyday life

Whiter, glossier and more opaque paper, higher printing quality, sharper pictures, brighter or improved matte finish, more translucent porcelain, roof tiles that are easier to lay and fit in better with their environment: we make pigments, ceramic bodies and roofing materials that deliver exactly the visual characteristics that our customers want their products to have.
How? Through a unique portfolio of 29 minerals, in-depth knowledge of their properties and extensive industrial know-how.

Offer products that give customers the edge

Furnace linings that resist very high temperatures for steel, cement or glass production, longer-lasting batteries, floors that withstand millions of footsteps, fire-resistant electrical cables, higher-barrier rubber seals to protect medicines: we help our customers differentiate their products and improve their profitability.
How? By combining our minerals’ properties to add more value through comfort and durability, robustness and lightness, cost and lifespan.




Protect health and the environment

Healthy, well-insulated houses thanks to the natural qualities of clay, supplied with solar power through photovoltaic roof tiles, plentiful crops through films that retain heat better, more energy-efficient porcelain manufacturing through lower temperatures, landfills made watertight through kaolin clay, diatomites that absorb the mercury in household or industrial effluents: we offer solutions that safeguard human health and the environment.
How? By working and innovating with a Sustainable Development outlook to help our customers in their own programs and reduce the environmental impact of our activities.