At K-SHOW 2025, Imerys will showcase the power of smart mineral innovations for Plastics and Rubber
Imerys is the global leader in specialty minerals, recognized for its commitment to excellence and its ability to deliver innovative, market-driven solutions to its customers all over the world - wherever they are. As a trusted partner to the Polymers industry, Imerys works in tandem with its clients to develop innovative solutions that help address global trends as well as the sector’s evolving challenges.
Addressing global trends and industry challenges
As global megatrends - such as the energy transition, sustainable construction, and consumer demand for more natural products - gain momentum worldwide, the Plastics and Rubber sector is under increasing pressure to offer competitive solutions. Also, stricter environmental regulations and increasing demand for low-impact materials are driving the need for rapid innovation.
Imerys is committed to supporting its customers through this journey, with smart, innovative and game-changing solutions, by harnessing the potential of its extensive worldwide mineral portfolio.
Imerys occupies a unique leadership position in the market by offering polymer compounders the most extensive range of innovative mineral-based solutions. Drawing on decades of expertise, we continually invest in research and innovation to create groundbreaking engineered solutions and technologies that can lead our customers to be one step ahead of their competition. And with a strong local presence across key regions, we’re able to be their partner of choice wherever they are - helping them respond to today’s challenges with agility, while delivering long-term value.
With smart innovations
On 8-15 October, smart, sustainable solutions will take center stage on the Imerys booth at K-SHOW, at Düsseldorf, where the company will be presenting its most recent developments worldwide- including several new releases.
Performance Minerals EMEA
The first ISCC PLUS certified circular kaolin for inner liner applications, providing optimum barrier performance.
Engineered Talc Excellence: Imerys’ High Aspect Ratio Talcs set the industry standard for ultimate mechanical performance.
FilmLink® 410 delivers unique controlled breathability, fewer film defects, and higher productivity.
- NEW - Polarite™ 503E for medium and high voltage cables
New mineral solution allowing highest insulation performance for medium and high voltage cables. Tested and proven under wet conditions and extreme temperatures.
Performance Minerals APAC
High fineness Talc with very good top cut It provides unparalleled stiffness/toughness balance.
- NEW - Steamic® T1WN
Higher compaction Talc for increased compounding throughput with less generation of dust compared to dry powder.
Performance Minerals Americas
A family of engineered minerals solutions designed to improve performance in both rigid and foamed PVC compounds for construction applications. Enhances durability and finish by reducing expansion and shrinkage, increasing stiffness and impact strength.
A pioneering circular innovation that revalorizes mineral by-products into functional raw materials, helping reduce waste while supporting closed-loop production and sustainability targets.
- NEW - GeoMax™
A next-generation ground calcium carbonate (GCC) solution that enables processing efficiency and surface finish improvements, designed to boost mineral loading in polymers and composites. With increased mineral loading, GeoMax also helps lower the overall carbon footprint.
Graphite and Carbon
- Extra conductive ENSACO® 320G
Novel, high-purity conductive carbon black additive that delivers extra conductivity for the production of high-quality electrically conductive polymer components. From 2026 onwards, all of our ENSACO® carbon black grades will have reduced CO₂ footprint by 66%.
Imerys has the widest worldwide portfolio of mineral solutions for polymers, which includes other sustainable and certified recycled innovations.
Meet our experts from our global team at booth F40, Hall 8A, to learn more.
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Imerys Kaolins de Bretagne in southwest Brittany hosted an open day to commemorate its 120th anniversary, bringing together the general public, site employees and their families, customers, representatives of local associations, local elected officials and other important regional stakeholders. The day also marked another significant milestone for the company's future, since it coincides with the renewal in 2023 of the prefectural order authorizing Imerys to continue its mining activities at Kaolin de Bretagne for a further 28 years.
Imerys has just announced the selection of two key sites in the Allier region in France for its lithium extraction and transformation project, EMILI. This move is part of an ambitious initiative to strengthen the European battery industry for electric vehicles and contribute to the energy transition.
Conductive carbon blacks are essential for clean and efficient energy solutions such as lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells. As demand for these products rises in automotive and other energy transition sectors, Imerys is continuously improving its innovation, research and production efficiency to deliver beneficial product solutions to its customers. This commitment recently led to the inauguration of the cutting-edge Carbon Black Pilot Plant at Imerys Willebroek.
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