
Products & Services
The IMERYS Pigments for Paper & Packaging business group produces kaolin,
ground calcium
carbonate (GCC) and precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC),
mineral components
that are essential for the paper industry.
The IMERYS Pigments for Paper & Packaging business group produces kaolin, ground calcium carbonate (GCC) and precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC), mineral components that are essential for the paper industry. These products white pigments are essential mineral components, as they improve the physical characteristics of finished products and help to reduce their production cost. White pigments offer a wide variety of qualities in terms of gloss, brightness, opacity or viscosity. The great diversity of its products allows the business group to provide multi-pigment solutions in response to its customers' specific needs. It offers the world's broadest range of pigments targeted for paper industry application.
The IMERYS Pigments for Paper & Packaging business group supplies over 350 individual paper mill sites, with 26% located in North America, 45% in Europe and 29% in the rest of the world including the paper industry growth region of Asia-Pacific. Its regional Pigments for Paper activity is focused within these four geographic zones:
Pigments for Paper & Packaging North America
Pigments for Paper & Packaging Europe
Pigments for Paper & Packaging Asia-Pacific
Pigments for Paper & Packaging South America
IMERYS' Pigments for Paper & Packaging business group benefits from leading market positions:
Front rank market postitions
- World #1 in kaolin for paper
- World #2 in ground calcium carbonate (GCC) for paper
€767 million (2010 sales)
2,364 people in 19 countries, 47 sites
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