Quality
Quality comes from a culture of self regulation and a systematic approach to work. Imerys Pigments for Paper production follows strict quality procedures and most of our production units are ISO 9000 certified. Quality is also about optimising costs to ensure our processes and products are designed to maximise overall value creation.
IMERYS Pigments for Paper is committed to providing sustainable pigment solutions yielding the best possible overall cost efficiency for customers.
Quality is a word often used as synonymous with high performance. IMERYS Pigments for Paper has
traditionally been working to assist the paper industry in their effort to differentiate paper products by adding value to our pigments. This was the key driving force behind the development of finer, brighter and steeper particle size distribution kaolins and carbonates.
In today’s market, however, the main driver for the paper industry is to reduce costs while still making satisfactory quality paper. Our customers rely on us to provide the pigments to help this drive to minimise overall production cost for increasingly standardised paper and board grades. Customers further expect IMERYS Pigments for Paper to contribute to sustainability by addressing energy use and the impact of the business on the environment, communities and personnel.
We believe that the emphasis in quality development should be to ensure ease of use and to minimise variability. All processing used to upgrade product characteristics, such as brightness or degree of fineness, must be justifiable from a full supply chain value point of view.
We believe that our strength in application knowledge is a powerful asset to enable us to develop sustainable cost-efficient multi-pigment solutions. As a consequence of this, our technical service function is an integrated part of our commitment to quality.
IMERYS Pigment for Paper quality management systems comply with ISO9001:2000 and, through our individual and team activities, we seek to continually improve their effectiveness and enhance customer satisfaction.
All of our products are supplied to stringent specifications and are fully verified for key properties, such as brightness and particle size to ensure that they conform to specification.
In partnership with our customers and suppliers, IMERYS Pigments for Paper aims to develop products, technologies and services to meet the changing needs of the paper industry.
