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Whether you are looking to polish, sand, smoothen, grind, or even cut a workpiece, you want to be sure that the material used, its hardness and grain size are right for the job at hand. We are the world leader in fused minerals for abrasives, ready to assist and deliver on all your finishing needs.

We offer specialty additives made from minerals that can help you produce better products at lower costs.

We are a world-leading supplier of engineered materials for advanced ceramics, ready to press powders and bodies as well as kiln furniture for ceramic producers, the only company to provide such a full package.

Our minerals play a key role in a range of animal care applications, from technological feed additives in premixes to anti-caking agents, mycotoxin binders and bedding conditioners, promote healthy living conditions for farm animals.

We are the world leader in specialized graphite and carbon solutions for the production of batteries and fuel cells. Our high-tech carbon solutions meet the requirements of our customers in the lithium-ion battery, alkaline battery, advanced lead acid batteries and fuel cells.

Discover our range of world-class solutions designed to meet the key requirements in terms of product performance and aesthetics, sustainable construction, ease of use and productivity across a variety of applications in the construction industry.

Imerys supplies high-performance mineral solutions used in ceramic manufacturing across sanitaryware, tableware, tiles and technical ceramics. Our portfolio of kaolin, ball clay, feldspar, wollastonite and talc supports ceramic body formulation, glaze performance and firing stability. Ceramic producers across Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa, North and South America rely on Imerys minerals to improve product strength, surface quality, whiteness and manufacturing efficiency.

Graphite powders play an important role in many modern component manufacturing techniques and applications from powder metallurgy and hard metal manufacturing to carbon brushes and foils.

Our cosmetics & personal care product range provides excellent attributes and properties to meet your range of skincare needs.

Our minerals are widely used in the crop production and horticulture industries, where they act as fertilizers, insecticides and processing aids to boost yield.

From safety improvements to improved biofuel refining – minerals can serve the Energy & environment sector with a range of smart benefits.

We offer a wide range of mineral additives to deliver aesthetic and functional benefits for the food & beverage sector.

Wherever friction performance is needed, you will likely find Imerys’ high quality friction materials providing a solution to your performance targets. Our broad range of products can be found in nearly every friction application from resin-bonded to sintered-metallic.

We supply the healthcare, biotech and pharma markets with high-quality active ingredients and additives to provide a range of functional solutions.

From car polish to pool filters, we create mineral-based products to support a range of applications in the home care industry.

When it comes to Infrastructure & utilities solutions, we take a project-based approach in order to best leverage our wide range of technical solutions with our unrivaled application expertise.

We produce high purity, dedusted mineral products with exacting size controls for uses in slurries and sanding operations, designed to meet the high temperature applications necessary for investment casting for a wide range of high precision industries.

Our graphite powder solutions are designed to be mixed with polymers, oils and greases, increasing the lubricity effect.

Our experts harness the optical, mechanical and rheological properties of minerals to provide you with high-performance, multi-functional extenders and fillers for use in water-borne, solvent-borne and powder paints and coatings.

We have one of the widest available ranges of cat litters, including clumping, non-clumping and organic solutions. All are available in bulk, in our branded packaging, or delivered as white label goods for our customers to brand and package.

We have the widest portfolio of engineered talcs, kaolins, calcium carbonates, graphites, diatomites, carbon blacks, micas and wollastonites to deliver real results and savings for today’s plastics industry.

The Pulp & Packaging sectors benefit greatly from Imerys’ customized solutions. Our mineral-based solutions deliver competitive advantages such as cost reduction, enhanced quality, lowered energy and raw material usage, and increased production yield.

We produce the broadest portfolio of materials used in the production of refractory products globally, setting the benchmark across alumina, aluminosilicates and specialty binders in terms of quality, reliability and service.

We offer a vast portfolio of functional additives to enhance the properties of rubber and elastomer compounds.