Tableware bodies and glazes

Why partner with Imerys for ceramics materials?

We leverage years of ceramics and minerals expertise combined with specialized production capabilities to provide tableware manufacturers with prepared bodies and ready-made glaze solutions that deliver reliable performance. 

Our products are compatible with a broad spectrum of production processes, from large-scale industrial manufacturing — for luxury, hotel, retail, or catering (HoReCa) markets — to small craft workshops and ceramics artists and hobbyists.

Partnering with Imerys for your ceramic bodies and ready-to-use glazes guarantees the impeccable performance and consistency you need, allowing your team to focus solely on design and production.

Choosing to work with us offers you several key advantages:

• A comprehensive range of ready-to-use solutions
• Formulations tailored to your specific needs
• Access to technical support from our highly experienced team

Prepared ceramic bodies for pressing, casting and jiggering

Our prepared ceramic bodies are expertly formulated to support a wide array of production techniques — including pressing, casting, and jiggering — ensuring they integrate seamlessly into your workflow.

Key benefits include:

• Superior workability for effortless forming and shaping
• High mechanical strength and precise shrinkage control, mitigating losses
• Optimized rheology for consistent performance
• Reliable whiteness and color stability post-firing

Whether for the industrial production of luxury or HoReCa tableware, or for small-scale craft ceramics, our bodies deliver consistent, high-quality results at any scale.

Catering to all ceramic tableware body types

We offer a comprehensive range of bodies for tableware catering to the primary recipes used globally. Our core expertise lies in porcelain tableware, where we have been supplying high-end producers for decades, consistently meeting unrivalled quality standards.

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Our typical tailor-made bodies include warm white, extra white, colored, and high strength options suitable for:

• Porcelain
• Vitreous
• Bone China
• Stoneware
• Earthenware

Ready-to-use transparent glazes for superior surface finish

Our dedicated facilities in France and Germany produce ready-to-use transparent glazes, available in spray-dried granulates, slurry and dry powder form.

These glazes are tailored to match our prepared bodies and adapted to customers’ specific production processes.

Key benefits include:

• Excellent surface finish, brightness and gloss
• Stable rheology and suspension for smooth application
• High transparency and color stability
• Strong body-glaze adhesion and defect-free firing results

Our transparent glazes are suitable for large-scale tableware production, as well as craft ceramists seeking reliable and consistent results.

A vast range of colored glazes for your most creative designs

Our wide palette of 123 colored glazes, featuring vibrant options, allows you to infuse your most varied tableware designs and creative ceramic projects with life and color. They are suitable for both industrial producers and hobbyists.