euronext nk industry mining founded 1880 1880 headquarters paris france area served worldwide key people gilles michel chairman and ceo products specialty minerals subsidiaries calderys website www.imerys.com imerys s.a. is a french multinational company which specialises in the production and processing of industrial minerals . it is headquartered in paris and is a constituent of the cac mid 60 index . imerys has operations in 50 countries and has more than 16 000 employees . it extracts and processes rocks and minerals on behalf of customers in the manufacturing and construction industries . groupe bruxelles lambert is the largest shareholder of imerys . contents 1 history 2 operations 2.1 operating divisions 3 corporate affairs 3.1 financial data 3.2 major shareholders 3.3 executive committee 4 eco town 5 corporate sponsorships 6 references 7 external links history edit the company was founded in 1880 and for many years was known as imetal . 1 it was founded by the rothschild family combining a few of their many subsidiaries in the metals and mining industries . 2 the group s original activity was mining and transforming nickel . its original name was soci t penarroya le nickel sln . in the 1970s the group diversified and expanded its business . a holding company was created under the name of imetal . from 1990 onwards imetal focused its development on industrial minerals pursuing an acquisition policy . the group established positions in the white pigments business and then the graphite market . it later grew through acquisitions in refractories clays ceramic bodies and technical ceramics . between 1994 and 1998 imetal doubled in size one third through organic growth and two thirds through external growth . in 1998 the business was structured around two sectors mineral transformation and metal transformation and organized into operating divisions . in 1998 imetal took over english china clays plc a major uk producer of white pigments kaolin and calcium carbonates and then changed its name to imerys . 1 following this acquisition imetal refocused its activity on minerals processing selling its metal transformation business including the north american companies copperweld and copperweld canada now fushi copperweld . to mark this development imetal changed its name giving birth to imerys on 22 september 1999 . the group completed this refocusing by withdrawing from activities that no longer matched its core business including dimension stones georgia united states and processing . its speciality chemicals distribution business cdm ab sweden was also divested in 2004 . in 2005 refractory mineral trading activities notably basic refractories american minerals inc united states and roofing products distribution larivi re france were sold . in the same time imerys acquired from alleghany corp. the u.s. company world minerals inc. a leading producer of diatomaceous earth and perlite . 3 since 1997 the company has transformed into a specialist of specialty minerals under the impetus first of patrick kron who has since become the chief of alstom and then g rard buffi re . see also luzenac group operations edit the imerys china clay works in bugle cornwall united kingdom active in 50 countries with more than 250 industrial locations imerys operates about 130 mines and extracts 30 different minerals or families of minerals . the company achieved sales of 4.1 billion in 2015 . using minerals mined from its reserves and processed using complex processes the group develops solutions for use by industrial clients in their products or production processes . its minerals have many applications in everyday life including construction hygiene products paper paint plastic ceramics telecommunications and beverage filtration . headquartered in paris it employs about 16 000 people . the company s north american operations are headquartered in roswell georgia and in san jose california united states . operating divisions edit the company specialises in the mining and distribution of industrial minerals . it is organised into four operating divisions energy solutions & specialties calcium carbonates for paper paint polymer health & beauty ; black carbons synthetic and natural graphite powders for automotive and mobile energy ; mineral specialties for gas & petroleum industry ; alumino silicate monolithic refractories used in the high temperature industries . filtration & performance additives kaolin for paper polymer coatings ; talc for plastics paint paper ceramics health & beauty ; mica for plastics and coatings ; diatomite and perlite based product for filtration of edible oil . ceramic materials terra cotta tiles and accessories slate ; minerals for ceramic and glass industries ; kiln furnitures for tiles and ceramic industry . high resistance minerals refractory minerals andalusite clays ... for high temperature industries ; fused minerals for abrasives refractories technical ceramics heating elements for the iron & steel automotive industrial equipment and construction markets . these divisions are organized into operational activities serving specific markets . corporate affairs edit financial data edit imerys s revenue reached 4 087 millions in 2015 . these results are broken down as follows energy solutions & specialties 31 % of 2015 revenue ; filtration & performance additives 26 % ; ceramic materials 28 % ; high resistance minerals 15 % . the geographical breakdown of 2015 revenue is as follows western europe 44 % north america 24 % emerging countries 27 % and japan australia 5 % . major shareholders edit main shareholders as of december 31 2015 belgian securities bv 56.21 % other shareholders 43.79 % executive committee edit gilles michel chief executive officer and chairman of the board olivier hautin vice president energy solutions & specialties business group daniel j.moncino vice president filtration & performance additives business group fr d ric beucher vice president ceramic materials business group alessandro dazza vice president high resistance minerals business group olivier pirotte chief financial officer denis musson general counsel & company secretary thierry salmona vice president innovation research & technology & business support bernard vilain vice president human resources eco town edit amongst its other activities imerys is bidding to develop one of the ten eco towns proposed for construction in england . planned for the site of former china clay mines in cornwall the project has the provisional title st austell and clay country eco town . corporate sponsorships edit since january 2003 imerys has supported the musical and operatic group les arts florissants and in particular its work promoting a resurgence of interest in the operas of numerous composers purcell s the fairy queen op ra comique paris in 2010 lully s atys op ra comique paris and the brooklyn academy of music new york in 2011 cavalli s la didone caen theatre in 2011 and handel s jeptha salle pleyel paris in 2011 . this ensemble is directed by the american french conductor william christie and specialized in baroque music . following the haiti earthquake in january 2010 imerys cooperated with emergency architects to rebuild the fontaine health centre at cit soleil the country s largest shanty town . references edit a b imerys history return of the rothschilds the great banking dynasty through two turbulent centuries i.b.tauris 1995 herbert r. lottman page 299 sec info alleghany corp de 8 k for 7 14 05 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to imerys . imerys website euronext nk imerys google finance imerys calderys v t e cac mid 60 companies of france june 2012 a roports de paris air france klm alten altran technologies aperam areva atos bic biom rieux bollor bourbon bull cfao ciments fran ais club m diterran e cnp assurances derichebourg dexia eiffage eramet euler hermes eurazeo eurofins scientific faiveley transport faurecia fonciere des regions gecina groupe steria havas icade iliad imerys ingenico ipsen ipsos jcdecaux kl pierre maurel et prom mercialys m tropole tv neopost nexans nexity orpea pagesjaunes plastic omnium r my cointreau rexel rubis seb saft silic soitec technicolor teleperformance tf1 group ubisoft vicat virbac zodiac retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title imerys & oldid 735018097 categories cac mid 60companies of francemining companiesrothschild familyhidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschespa olfran aisnederlandsportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 18 august 2016 at 04 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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