Suppliers in Printing & Inks: Solventborne Sealant

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Our purpose is the cornerstone of our performance pledge: “Leading beyond chemistry to improve life, today and tomorrow.” It can be traced back to our company’s roots and describes why we do something, what drives us and the contribution Evonik makes to society over and above generating profits. At Evonik, we go beyond chemistry to make life a little better day in, day out – a goal we are committed to. We aim to have a direct, positive impact on everyone’s life by enhancing the properties of our customers’ products. Our purpose is hence the driving force behind our strategic decisions, through which we naturally take responsibility for the present and future generations.

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Our vision is to be the global leader in performance minerals that enables innovative product solutions for everyday life. KaMin is a recognized leader with more than 90 years of experience in delivering performance mineral solutions in a broad spectrum of end use markets including: building & construction, automotive & catalyst, agriculture, health & beauty, packaging, and specialty & graphic paper. The company mines, produces and distributes its products from its three US plants located in Georgia – Macon, Sandersville and Wrens – and internationally at production and converting facilities in South America (Brazil) and Europe (Belgium). As a global leader in the industry, our singular focus is on kaolin performance minerals. KaMin’s natural resources, technical expertise and know-how allow customers all over the world to produce highly engineered products for the most demanding applications. KaMin has worked diligently to pair big business scale and efficiency combined with small business focus and agility. Bringing together the best people in every discipline, from our geologists, chemists, engineers, technicians and customer service, we strive daily to create the greatest possible value for our customers—value from the ground up.

We add the “performance” to a vast variety of products that are part of our daily lives, from the car you drive to the chips in your computer. Chances are, not a day goes by that you do not use a product that contains or has been manufactured using a King additive. While our additive functions are technical by nature, in short these specialty chemicals impart desirable, value-added properties to the end uses they are apart of. Whether a King catalyst used to cure an automotive coating while saving energy or a King rust preventive extending a lubricant’s life, they indeed add the performance that a consumer expects from their product choices. Often used at levels as low as parts per million, King additives, are an integral component to formulations of some of the biggest names in the chemical, rubber and oil industries worldwide. While many have been loyal customers for decades, we are constantly challenged by them and others to develop new products that provide even higher standards of performance. It is this challenge of providing innovative high performance additives that drives our business

Vitro Minerals, headquartered in Conyers, Georgia, has developed innovative glass products for use as crystalline silica free blasting media, functional fillers for the coatings, plastics, and sealants industries, and mineral admixtures for concrete. All Vitro Minerals products add a green component to any manufactured product, as we have both post industrial and post consumer glass feedstocks. Our post industrial products for concrete are sourced from low alkali reinforcement fiberglass. Our post consumer products are sourced mostly from curbside pickup bottle glass. Other products are sourced from high purity plate glass or windshields. Each glass chemistry imparts unique performance characteristics. The glass products are manufactured in Jackson, TN. The Vitro Minerals leadership team has extensive experience in the blast media, paint & coatings, and polymer industries. As part of our service, Vitro Minerals provides its customers with extensive technical support to achieve specific properties and characteristics.