Company Profile

Imerys Minerals

IMERYS is the leading international supplier of high-performance white minerals, extenders and functional additives to the polymer, rubber and coatings markets.

Drawing on a wide range of minerals with many complimentary characteristics - including calcined kaolin, calcium carbonate, clay, diatomite, feldspar, kaolin, mica, perlite and synthetic silicates - Imerys designs and manufactures technical products that are essential for many functions and industries.

Our approach can be global, national, or regional, depending on the needs of our customers and their markets. We are constantly developing better technologies and processes to turn basic mineral resources into high quality performance materials.

Imerys’ minerals are processed and refined to complement its customer’s needs, improving the quality and raising the performance of our customers products. Imerys can offer tailor-made solutions based on an in-depth understanding of the manufacturing process, production and business constraints of the market segments it serves.

Core Businesses

Imerys’ continued growth has been due to many factors, excellent mineral reserves, widely recognised technical and commercial expertise and an increasing presence throughout the world. These advantages have enabled Imerys to be highly competitive in the markets it serves.

Many of Imerys’ key customers are global companies, within the plastics and rubber segments, and our widespread network has the capability to support and supply on a world-wide scale. As a group, Imerys has production units in all five continents, including major sites in the UK, Belgium, France, Italy, USA, Australia, Brazil and China.

Our customers work with us because we consistently provide the technical solutions that benefit their businesses.