Fitz Chem - Luzenac America Company Information

IMERYS TALC
formerly Rio Tinto / Luzenac

IMERYS Talc is a market-focused talc producer. As world leader in our field, we are committed to setting the standards for the talc industry in such areas as innovation, technical assistance, product quality, health, safety and environment, and ethical behavior.

Over the last century, they have grown to become the world's leading talc producer, employing 1,000 people on five continents and supplying around 15 percent of global demand from 9 mines and 15 processing plants throughout Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Spain and the United States. Today, the Luzenac brand continues to represent the highest quality talc products on the market.

Fitz Chem has offsets for RT Vanderbilt’s Nytal® and Ceramitalc® products which are slated to be discontinued at the end of 2008. Contact us at 630-467-8383 and let us help you choose the best talc replacement for your application!

PRODUCTS:

Plastics

MISTRON®; CIMPACT®, JETFIL®, STELLAR®, and VERTAL®

Coatings / Inks

MISTRON®; ARTIC MIST®, NICRON® and SILVERLINE® talcs;

Personal Care

ALTALC, OLYMPIC, STEASILK, STERILINE®, SUPRA®, SUPRAFINO, SUPREME®

Please visit Imerys Talc on the Internet at http://www.luzenac.com/

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Product	CT	Description
MISTRON®; VERTAL; NICRON®; Supreme®; Supra®; Suprafino®; Imperial; Olympic	Bag	"Producers of various grades of talc products. MISTRON®, VERTAL and NICRON® talcs; classified talcs for high solids coatings."
2C	Bag
Altalc 300 Usp	Bag
Altalc 400 Usp	Bag
Artic Mist	Bag	"Pure, highly lamellar (platy) ground talc. Provides flatting, viscosity control and dry hiding in coating formulations. Imparts good flow, levelling and superior film smoothness with excellent sealing, bridging and enamel hold out."
Cimcoat 200 Talc	Bag
Cimpact 610	Bag	"For use in high density polyethylene (HDPE). Increases stiffness, tensile strength and heat distortion temperature (HDT) of HDPE. Good color."
Cimpact 699	Bag	For use in impact polypropylene copolymers and TPO's. Increases stiffness and minimizes effect on polymer impact strength. High impact.
Cimpact 705	Bag	"Hydrous magensium silicate with platy structure. Micronized to fine particle size. Ultrafine talc which gives impact strength in polyolefins. Used in nucleation applications. Gives stability to gel coats, available to paint industry"
Cimpact 710	Bag	"For use in high density polyethylene (HDPE). Increases stiffness, tensile strength and heat distortion temperature (HDT) of HDPE. Good color."
Jetfil 200	Bag
Jetfil 350	Bag	"For use in polypropylene homopolymer, increased stiffness and HDT and reduces coefficient of thermal expansion. Industrial homopolymer copolymer."
Jetfil 575C	Bag	Antiblock additive that prevents blocking in resulting film. Gives optimal compromise between film property retention and antiblock performance. Safe alternative to silica anitblocks.
Jetfil 625C	Bag	For use in impact polypropylene copolymers and TPO's. Increases stiffness and minimizes effect on polymer impact strength. Good impact/copolymer
Jetfil 700C	Bag	"For use in high density polyethylene (HDPE). Increases stiffness, tensile strength and heat distortion temperature (HDT) of HDPE. Compacted"
Mistron 002	Bag	"High purity, platy microcrystalline talc, acid insoluble, nonabrasive, and stain resistant. Achieves maximum filler loading without increase in water absorption. Enhances exterior durability, film strength and flexibility, prime pigment extension."
Mistron 353	Bag	"Versatile, platy, high purity talc for use in interior and exterior coating, adhesive,and sealant formulations. Weather resistant, acid insoluble and ground to 3.5 Hegman topsize. Enhances compound performance, improves barrier properties."
Mistron 403	Bag	"Versatile, platy, high purity talc for use in interior and exterior coating, adhesive,and sealant formulations. Weather resistant, acid insoluble and ground to 4.0 ultra-fine topsize. Enhances compound performance, improves barrier properties."
Mistron 554	Bag	"Versatile, platy, high purity talc for use in interior and exterior coating, adhesive,and sealant formulations. Weather resistant, acid insoluble and ground to 5.5 Hegman topsize. Enhances compound performance, improves barrier properties."
Mistron 600	Bag
Mistron CB	Bag	"Ultrafine, platy microcrystalline talc surface treated with organofunctional silane coupling agent. For use in thermoset rubbers with sulfur or peroxide cure. Improves adhesion with rubber and mechanical properties. Provides processibility."
Mistron CF5A	Bag
Mistron Frost	Bag
Mistron Mist	Bag	"High purity, platy talc pigment that combines a fine top and particle size. Yields gloss control, dry hiding power, and rheological properties (brushability, leveling, and anti-sag)."
Mistron Monomix	Bag	"Ultrafine, platy talc pigment used by the plastics industry in liquid resin systems for resistance to settling and sagging, viscosity control, flatting, film smoothness, ease of sanding, resistance to hard settling."
Mistron RCS	Bag
Mistron Superfrost	Bag
Mistron Ultramix	Bag	"Ultrafine particle size talc with a clean top size of 6.5 Hegman. Bright and very high oil absorption. Used for paints, coatings, adhesives, caulks, sealants and rheological control agents."
Mistron Vapor R Compacted	Bag	"High purity, ultra-fine platy talc product exhibiting strong organopholic and hydrophobic tendencies. Used as filler, processing aid, rheological control agent, adhesive, nucleating agent, reinforcement."
Mistron Vapor R Densified	Bag	"High purity, ultra-fine platy talc product exhibiting strong organopholic and hydrophobic tendencies. Used as filler, processing aid, rheological control agent, adhesive, nucleating agent, reinforcement."
Mistron Vapor R Powder	Bag	"High purity, ultra-fine platy talc product exhibiting strong organopholic and hydrophobic tendencies. Used as filler, processing aid, rheological control agent, adhesive, nucleating agent, reinforcement."
Mistron ZSSC	Bag	"Zinc stearate coated, ulftafine play talc. Surface modification alters the talc particle resulting in a product with greater hydrophobicity than unmodified talc"
Nicron 002	Bag	"High purity, platy, microcrystalline talc that is acid insoluble, nonabrasive, and stain resistant. Ensures maximum filler loading without water absorption. Enhances exterior durability, film strength and flexibility, prime pigment extension."
Nicron 302	Bag	"For coatings, adhesive and sealants, from western source, has slightly lower brightness than Mistron line, ideal for most paint applications"
Nicron 303	Bag	"High purity, platy, microcrystalline talc that is acid insoluble, nonabrasive, and stain resistant. Ensures maximum filler loading without water absorption. Enhances exterior durability, film strength and flexibility, prime pigment extension."
Nicron 353	Bag	"High purity, platy, microcrystalline talc that is acid insoluble, nonabrasive, and stain resistant. Ensures maximum filler loading without water absorption. Enhances exterior durability, film strength and flexibility, prime pigment extension."
Nicron 400	Bag	"High purity, asbestos free, platy Montana talc processed to provide a stir-in fineness of 4.0 Hegman while maintaining a low binder demand. Ideal for use in paints, plasticss and rubber, where high brightness is not required"
Nicron 402	Bag	"Platy, microcrystalline talc produced to remove ultrafine particles that contribute to high oil absorption and viscosity build. Enhances exterior durability, film strength and flexibility, prime pigment extension, and barrier properties. Acid insoluble."
Nicron 403	Bag	"Versatile, platy, high purity talc for use in interior and exterior coating, adhesive,and sealant formulations. Weather resistant, acid insoluble and ground to 4.0 ultra-fine topsize. Enhances compound performance, improves barrier properties"
Nicron 500	Bag	"High purity, asbestos-free, platy Montana talc. Designed as a stir-in 5 Hegman grind talc for gloss and viscosity control in paints and coating applications"
Nicron 503	Bag	"Platy, microcrystalline talc produced to remove ultrafine particles that contribute to high oil absorption and viscosity build. Enhances exterior durability, film strength and flexibility, prime pigment extension, and barrier properties. Acid insoluble."
Nicron 504	Bag	"Versatile, platy, high purity talc for use in interior and exterior coating, adhesive,and sealant formulations. Weather resistant, acid insoluble and ground to 5.0 ultra-fine topsize. Enhances compound performance, improves barrier properties."
Nicron 554	Bag	"Versatile, platy, high purity talc for use in interior and exterior coating, adhesive, and sealant formulations. Weather resistant, acid insoluble and ground to 5.5 ultra-fine topsize. Enhances compound performance, improves barrier properties."
Nicron 600	Bag	"High purity, asbestos-free, platy Montana talc. Designed as a stir-in 6 Hegman grind talc for gloss and viscosity control in paints and coating applications"
Nicron 604	Bag	"Versatile, platy, high purity talc for use in interior and exterior coating, adhesive, and sealant formulations. Weather resistant, acid insoluble and ground to 6.0 ultra-fine topsize. Enhances compound performance, improves barrier properties."
Nicron 660	Bag
Nicron 665	Bag	For use in impact polypropylene copolymers and TPO's. Increases stiffness and minimizes effect on polymer impact strength. High impact/TPO
Nicron 670	Bag
Nicron 674	Bag	"For coatings, adhesive and sealants, from western source, has slightly lower brightness than Mistron line, ideal for most paint applications"
Nicron JS320	Bag	"High purity, asbestos free, platy Montana talc designed for high solids and low VOC applications in industrial and trade sales paints and coatings. Controlled oil absorption permits high volume addition without large viscosity increase."
Nicron JS422	Bag
Nicron JS528	Bag	"High purity, platy talc designed to provide low oil absorption for low VOC and high solids applications. Allows a lower viscosity at normal loadings. Does not contain asbestos, tremolite or any asbestiform minerals."
Sierralite 252	Bag	"High purity chlorite mineral pigment processed to provide easy incorporation into coating, adhesive, sealant, ceramic and paper composite formulation. Higher surface energy than talc or mica enables easier &more consistent incorporation into formulations"
Sierralite 402	Bag	"High purity chlorite mineral pigment processed to provide easy incorporation into coating, adhesive, sealant, ceramic and paper composite formulation. Higher surface energy than talc or mica enables easier &more consistent incorporation into formulations"
Sierralite 504	Bag	"High purity chlorite mineral pigment processed to provide easy incorporation into coating, adhesive, sealant, ceramic and paper composite formulation. Higher surface energy than talc or mica enables easier &more consistent incorporation into formulations"
Sierralite 603	Bag	"High purity chlorite mineral pigment processed to provide easy incorporation into coating, adhesive, sealant, ceramic and paper composite formulation. Higher surface energy than talc or mica enables easier &more consistent incorporation into formulations"
Sierrasperse Maximix 6	Bag
Silverline 002	Bag	"High purity, platy, microcrystalline talc that is acid insoluble, nonabrasive, and stain resistant. Ensures maximum filler loading without water absorption. Enhances exterior durability, film strength and flexibility, prime pigment extension."
Silverline 303	Bag	"High purity, platy, microcrystalline talc that is acid insoluble, nonabrasive, and stain resistant. Ensures maximum filler loading without water absorption. Enhances exterior durability, film strength and flexibility, prime pigment extension."
Silverline 400	Bag	"High purity, asbestos free, platy Montana talc processed to provide a stir-in fineness of 4.0 Hegman while maintaining a low binder demand. Ideal for use in paints, plastics and rubber, where high brightness is not required"
Silverline 403	Bag	"Versatile, platy, high purity talc for use in interior and exterior coating, adhesive, and sealant formulations. Weather resistant, acid insoluble and ground to 4.0 Hegman topsize. Enhances compound performance, improves barrier properties."
Steawhite 200	Bag
Stellar 410	Bag	"For use in polypropylene homopolymer. Increases stiffness and HDT of polypropylene, reduces coefficient of thermal expansion. Good LTHA, better color"
Stellar 420	Bag
Stellar 500	Bag
Stellar 510F	Bag	Antiblock additive added to film resins to prevent blocking in resulting film. Gives optimal compromise between film property retention and antiblock performance. Offers a safer alternative to silica antiblocks.
Stellar 510	Bag	Antiblock additive added to film resins to prevent blocking in resulting film. Gives optimal compromise between film property retention and antiblock performance. Offers a safer alternative to silica antiblocks.
Supra A	Bag
Supreme Talc HT	Bag
TC-100	Bag
Techfil 7599	Bag	"For use in high density polyethylene (HDPE). Increases stiffness, tensile strength and heat distortion temperature (HDT) of HDPE. Applicable where stiffness must be increased, increases metal strength."
Techfil T40	Bag
Vertal 1000	Bag	A high aspect ratio particle morphology provides strength and corrosion resistance in adhesives and sealants where a fine top size is not required
Vertal 1500	Bag	"Versatile, platy, high purity talc for use in interior and exterior coating, adhesive, and sealant formulations. Weather resistant, acid insoluble and ground to 4.0 Hegman topsize. Enhances compound performance, improves barrier properties."
Vertal 200	Bag
Vertal 300	Bag
Vertal 403	Bag	"Versatile, platy, high purity talc for use in interior and exterior coating, adhesive, and sealant formulations. Weather resistant, acid insoluble and ground to 4.0 Hegman topsize. Enhances compound performance, improves barrier properties."
Vertal 5	Bag
Vertal 700	Bag
Vertal 710	Bag	"For use in polypropylene homopolymer. Increases stiffness and HDT of polypropylene, reduces coefficient of thermal expansion. Industrial automotive, better color"
Vertal 7	Bag	A high aspect ratio particle morphology provides strength and corrosion resistance in adhesives and sealants where a fine top size is not required
Vertal 92	Bag	"Talc product for dusting, used in rubber to achieve a balance of reinforcement and processibility, provide significant cut rupture resistance to rubber vulcanizates. Used for insulators. For dusting of vulcanized good."
Vertal 97	Bag	"For use in polypropylene homopolymer, increased stiffness and HDT and reduces coefficient of thermal expansion. Industrial low cost."
Vertal CO+	Bag