On the surface, it looks unremarkable. A platy soft white clay mined and processed in Georgia, kaolin can hide just how versatile and vital it is to a diverse list of industries by appearance alone.

First discovered in China, kaolin has been used in the making of porcelain and fine China for centuries. Today, however, kaolin is an important and cost-effective pigment in many paper and paperboard, paints and coatings, plastics, wire and cable and in concrete among many others.

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ASP®

Hydrous pulverized and spray dried kaolins

ASP® is hydrous pulverized and spray dried kaolins offer a range of particle sizes and brightness levels that can be used in a variety of applications like coatings and paints, plastics and rubber, thermal paper and construction.

Satintone®

Calcined kaolins

Satintone® is calcined kaolins offering a wide variety of products suitable for multiple applications such as coatings and paints, wire and cable, plastics and rubber, and construction.

Translink®

High brightness surface treated kaolins

Translink® is surface treated kaolins offer fine particle sizes and high brightness that can be used for a variety of applications such as wire and cable along with plastics and rubber.

Mattex®

Engineered high brightness calcined kaolins

Mattex® is calcined kaolins and are specially designed to combine high opacity and whiteness with high tint strength and low sheen. Typical applications are water-borne interior and exterior flat paints, solvent-borne interior and exterior flat paints.

Buca®

Hydrous pulverized kaolin

Buca® kaolin is recommended for use in gravure inks and is an excellent extender in a wide variety of polymeric systems.