Minerals Technologies Inc

Minerals Technologies Inc. develops produces and markets various specialty mineral mineral-based and synthetic mineral products and supporting systems and services. The company operates through three segments: Performance Materials Specialty Minerals and Refractories. The Performance Materials segment supplies bentonite and bentonite-related products as well as leonardite. This segment also offers metal casting products; household personal care and specialty products; and basic minerals environmental products and building materials. The Specialty Minerals segment produces and sells precipitated calcium carbonate and quicklime; and provides natural mineral products comprising limestone and talc. This segment's products are used in paper and packaging building materials paint and coatings glass ceramic polymer food automotive and pharmaceutical industries. The Refractories segment offers monolithic and shaped refractory materials; specialty products services and application and measurement equipment; and calcium metal and metallurgical wire products that are used in the applications of steel non-ferrous metal and glass industries. It markets its products primarily through its direct sales force as well as regional distributors. The company serves in the United States Canada Latin America Europe Africa and Asia. The company was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in New York New York.