New PCC plant
New PCC plantKeywords:Specialty Minerals France, MetsaSerla, Paper industry, Pigments
Minerals Technologies Inc. informs us that its wholly owned subsidiary,Specialty Minerals France, has signed an agreement with the MetsaSerla Group of Finland to construct and operate a satellite precipitated calcium carbonate(PCC) plant at a paper mill owned by MetsaSerla at Alizay, France. This plant will be dedicated to the production of sophisticated PCC products used in the filling of wood-free printing and writing papers.
The satellite PCC plant will be equivalent to three satellite units and will become operational in the fourth quarter of 2001. A unit is defined as producing between 25,000 and 35,000 tons of PCC annually.
PCC is a speciality pigment for filling and coating high-quality paper. By substituting PCC for more expensive wood fibre and other, more expensive pigments, the paper industry is said to be able to produce higher quality paper at lower cost. Minerals Technologies originated the satellite concept for making and delivering PCC on site at paper mills.
