Company Research Report
Company Overview
Name
Omya International AG
Mission of the Company
"Making life better through our passion for minerals and chemistry."
Founding and History
- Founded in: 1884
- Founders: Emma Staufer and Gottfried Plüss
- Initial focus: The company began by manufacturing high-quality window putty from chalk and linseed oil.
Key People
No information is available.
Headquarters
- Location: Baslerstrasse 42, CH-4665 Oftringen, Switzerland
Number of Employees
- Employees: 9,000
Revenue
- Revenue: CHF 4 billion
Known For
Omya is known for being a leading global producer of essential minerals and a worldwide distributor of specialty materials. Its products can be found in various everyday items, improving their functionality, appearance, or sustainability.
Products
Adhesives and Sealants
- High-level Description: Improve sustainability, optimize functionality, and increase profitability with calcium carbonate functional minerals.
- Key Features:
- Modify rheology
- Improve mechanical performance
- Reduce water usage in production, leading to energy savings and productivity gains
Agriculture
- High-level Description: Improve agricultural productivity with natural minerals to maximize soil health, crop yields, and animal nutrition.
- Key Features:
- Soil conditioning for improved soil pH and structure
- Essential plant nutrition with calcium, magnesium, and sulfur
- Enhance plant health with mineral-based protection
Air Treatment
- High-level Description: Reduce air pollution with natural minerals for a cleaner world.
- Key Features:
- Wet and dry scrubbers for acidic pollutants
- Packed bed absorbers for HCl and SOx
- Marine scrubbers for air pollution control in marine vessels
Building and Construction
- High-level Description: Innovative raw materials to improve sustainability and performance.
- Key Features:
- Mineral admixtures for concrete to improve performance and reduce carbon footprint
- Lightweight fillers for dry mortar to optimize properties
- Calcium carbonate for engineered wood products to reduce costs
Engineered Materials
- High-level Description: Technical and commercial solutions for various industries including automotive, electronics, industrial applications, and more.
- Key Features:
- Energy efficiency and weight reduction for automotive applications
- Compatibility and performance improvements for electronics
- Enhanced mechanical performance and flame retardancy for industrial uses
Food, Pharma, and Nutrition
- High-level Description: High-quality minerals for food, supplements, and health applications.
- Key Features:
- Improve manufacturing processes
- Enhance nutritional profile of finished products
- Ultra-pure minerals for supplementation and acid neutralization
Packaging
- High-level Description: Sustainable, functional, and profitable packaging solutions.
- Key Features:
- Extended portfolio for both fiber-based and polymer packaging
- Enhanced performance across films, thermoformed, and molded products
Paints and Coatings
- High-level Description: Enhance performance, reduce costs, and lower carbon footprint with functional minerals.
- Key Features:
- Improve coverage and reduce formulation costs
- Lightweight fillers for higher coverage rates and thermal insulation
- Compatibility with various coatings applications
Personal Care and Home Care
- High-level Description: Natural mineral solutions for oral, personal, and home care formulas.
- Key Features:
- Natural ingredients for body care and cosmetics
- Eco-friendly mineral-based ingredients for oral care
- Innovative ingredients for home care
Polymers
- High-level Description: Enhancing the plastics and rubbers industry with technically advanced materials.
- Key Features:
- Masterbatch and compounding expertise
- New sustainable solutions to increase recycled content
- Broad range of solutions for polymer packaging and other applications
Pulp and Paper
- High-level Description: Contributing to circularity, functionality, and production process efficiency.
- Key Features:
- Smart coating pigments and mineral fillers for paperboard
- Optimization of graphic papers' functionality and appearance
- Efficient solutions for flexible packaging and specialty papers
Water Treatment
- High-level Description: Optimize water treatment processes with natural minerals.
- Key Features:
- Replace conventional chemicals, improving safety and reducing costs
- Caustic soda and lime replacements for wastewater treatment
- Mineralization and pH adjustment solutions for drinking and wastewater
Recent Developments
Product Launches and Innovations
- Omyabond 160 & 120: Sustainable calcium carbonate options for adhesives and sealants.
- Omya Smartfill: Enhanced properties for polymer compatibility and performance.
- Looptech: High-performance compound created from recycled polymers.
Partnerships and Collaborations
- Everlight Chemical Industrial Corporation: Strategic collaboration to transform Pakistan's UV absorber market.
- Burgess Pigment Company: Long-standing relationship for kaolin clay representation.
- Celanese: Key partner for engineered materials in Europe.
- Arkema: Collaboration to address the demand for innovative and sustainable materials.
- EMS-GRIVORY: Expanded engineered materials business into North America.
- BASF: Representing high-performance polymers in Asia Pacific.
Other Developments
No information is available.
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