Nepheline Syenite for the Global Coatings Industry
What do you do when demand for your product suddenly exceeds supply? The obvious answer is to make more. But when the product in question is an industrial mineral, and the process and capacity expansions have 12- to 18-month lead times, the solution is not that simple.
Unimin Corporation, the world's leading producer of nepheline syenite, and its customers recently experienced such a supply dilemma. With the recent completion of a comprehensive, two-year expansion program, Unimin reports it has increased its MINEX® functional filler production capacity by 50% and is now well positioned to satisfy the growing market for this material.