Paints and Coatings

Our Science & Technology (S&T) experts have years of experience in the use of mineral extenders in Coatings & Construction systems. In fact, many of our specialists have firsthand experience of your specific market and needs having worked in the industry before joining our ranks. Good understanding of your market segment is vital to boosting your performance.

Every year we perform hundreds of formulation studies.

Our Coatings & Construction teams have in-depth knowledge of how our minerals interact in your applications. By matching exactly the right mineral to your requirements and optimizing parameters such as particle size, shape, packing, crystal micro-structure, color, and hardness, we can meet your exact formulation requirements, saving you time and bringing added performance to your end products.

Our Applications Laboratories are equipped with a full range of analytical and coatings-specific equipment enabling us to spearhead applications innovation as well as providing you with bespoke formulation services and technical support.

Our S&T managers can also study your production processes to ensure best use and handling of our minerals in your systems.

Since their inception over twenty five years ago, our state-of-the-art Technology Centers in Cornwall (UK), Toulouse (France) and John's Creek (USA) have built up a solid reputation for helping our customers develop new formulations.