The Imerys group is the world leader in adding value to industrial minerals with sales of €2,774 million in 2009 and about 14,600 employees.

The Group extracts, purifies and transforms minerals with resources from more than 240 locations across 47 countries for customers in a variety of industries including paper, paint, plastic, ceramics, abrasives, refractories, construction, personal care and beverage filtration.

Imerys is organised into four business groups:

• Minerals for Ceramics, Refractories, Abrasives & Foundry (which comprise the activities of Imerys Ceramics)
• Performance & Filtration Minerals 
• Pigments for Paper 
• Materials & Monolithics

Visit the Imerys group website for further information about the Imerys group.