Minerals Technologies Completes First Phase of Expansion of its Ultrafine Specialty PCC Manufacturing Operation in Adams, Massachusetts
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
NEW YORK, July 22-Minerals Technologies Inc. (NYSE: MTX) announced today that it
has completed Phase I of the 10,000-ton expansion of its production line for
ultrafine Specialty precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) at the company's Adams,
Massachusetts, facility, and that Phase II of the expansion will be completed by
the first quarter of 2014. Specialty PCCs are used in non-paper end products
like food, pharmaceuticals, sealants and adhesives.
"We are expanding our manufacturing facility at Adams to respond to the growing
needs of our customers," said Robert S. Wetherbee, chief executive officer.
"When the second phase is completed we will have increased ultrafine U. S.
Specialty PCC production at Adams by 35 percent."
Minerals Technologies' ultrafine PCCs range in particle size from 60 nanometers
(0.06 microns) to 150 nanometers (0.15 microns) in median particle size.
Minerals Technologies has been producing nano-PCCs for more than 25 years. The
company's tightly controlled precipitation process produces ultrafine PCCs that
are uniform in shape, size and particle size distribution. The company markets
its ultrafine PCCs in the United States under the names Thixo-Carb® PCC and
Ultra-Pflex® PCC. The company also manufactures ultrafine PCCs at its operation
in Lifford, United Kingdom, under the brand names of Calofort(®) PCC and
Multifex-MM(®) PCC.
Minerals Technologies Inc. is a resource- and technology-based growth company
that develops, produces and markets worldwide a broad range of specialty
mineral, mineral-based and synthetic mineral products and related systems and
services. The company recorded sales of $1.01 billion in 2012.
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http://www.mineralstech.com/
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