Profile

The world leader in mineral-based specialties for industry, Imerys delivers high value-added, functional solutions to a great number of sectors, from processing industries to consumer goods and building products.

Employees18,300

Industrial sites270

Countries50

2017 Revenue€4,598M

Imerys' solutions contribute to the performance of a large number of applications and address four types of use:▪functional additives: they are added to the mineral formulation of customers’ products but constitute a minor part of the finished product properties; ▪mineral components:they are an essential constituent in the formulation of the customer’s product;▪process enablers: they are used in customers’ manufacturing processes but are not present in the end product;▪finished products: they are used as such, with no subsequent processing by the customer.

A leading position in many markets across four operating business groups: