IMERYS lance Contour Xtreme, sa nouvelle gamme de kaolin élaboré utilisée pour le couchage du papier
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 14 avril 2005--
IMERYS lance CONTOURTM Xtreme à destination de l'industrie papetière mondiale. Ce nouveau « pigment à fines lamelles » est un kaolin aux propriétés exceptionnelles, qui agit de manière synergétique avec les carbonates de calcium en associant les avantages des argiles à fines lamelles et des argiles de haute brillance. Ce kaolin « Engineered » (dont la taille et l'agencement des particules ont été modifiés) permet d'améliorer le degré de brillant, l'opacité, la brillance, la force métrique et la qualité d'impression des papiers couchés à usage graphique et des papiers destinés aux industries du conditionnement.
IMERYS Introduces Contour Xtreme Shape Engineered Kaolin for Paper Coating ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 2005--IMERYS introduces CONTOUR(TM) Xtreme to the global paper industry.
This new "fine platy pigment" is a unique new kaolin that provides synergy with carbonates, combining the benefits of platy clays and fine glossing clays.
Achieve superior glossing, coverage, brightness, strength and high print quality in the coated graphic paper and packaging markets.Add an extra dimension to structured coating design for better optical synergy, gloss and printability-- replacing expensive pigments like plastic pigment and TiO2
Contour Xtreme, shape-engineered kaolin, is produced from Middle Georgia crudes.
Breakthrough, patent-pending, technology has been made possible through the development of radically new pigment characterization methods and improved mining and processing techniques
Contour Xtreme will be launched officially at the TAPPI Coating Conference in Toronto in April
Notes to Editors
IMERYS - Pigments for Paper
IMERYS Pigments for Paper business group is a world leading producer of white pigments, manufacturing kaolin, ground calcium carbonate (GCC) and precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) at 44 plants in 19 countries.
The Pigments for Paper Group's portfolio of kaolin and calcium carbonate products are key components in coating and filling applications, increasing the value of paper and paperboard by enhancing its appearance and printed quality.
Papermakers around the world turn to Imerys for the performance characteristics that enable them to improve their products and lower their overall production costs
CONTACT:
IMERYS Pigments for Paper Spencer Farmer,
+44 (0)776 664 1967
Global Marketing Director
Email: spencer.farmer@imerys.com
KEYWORD: GEORGIA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: CHEMICALS/PLASTICS FOREST PRODUCTS Finance
SOURCE: IMERYS
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