Omya International Ag

Omya Development Ag

Fiberlean Technologies Limited

Mondo Minerals B.v.

Daniel Gantenbein

Patrick A C Gane

Joachim Schoelkopf

Joachim Schölkopf

Michel Schenker

Matthias Buri

Samuel Rentsch

Daniel Edward Gerard

Michael Pohl

Philipp Hunziker

Jan Philipp Weihs

Rolf Endre Orten

Beat Kübler

Lars Andersson

Oliver Patrick Grossmann

Dennis Werner

Detlef Gysau

Maximilian Laufmann

Tommy Sandvik

Maryna Zinchenko

Joachim Schōlkopf

Juhana Tuomas Lehtipuu

Espen Berg-Hansen

Bjørn Jensen

Asbjørn Høyem Amundsen

Patrick A Gane

Patrick AC Gane

The present invention relates to a coating composition comprising at least one binder and at least one ground natural calcium carbonate material. The invention further relates to the use of at least one ground natural calcium carbonate material in a coating composition comprising at least one binder as well as to an article that is coated with such a coating composition and a paint comprising such a coating composition.

Coating compositions comprising ground natural calcium carbonate (GCC)

The present invention concerns a process for the preparation of flocculated filler particles, wherein at least two aqueous suspensions of at least one filler material and at least one flocculating additive are combined.

Process for the preparation of flocculated filler particles

The present invention relates to a process for the production of suspensions of nano-fibrillar cellulose by providing cellulose fibres and at least one filler and/or pigment; combining the cellulose fibres and the at least one filler and/or pigment; and fibrillating the cellulose fibres in the presence of at least one filler and/or pigment, as well as the suspensions of nano-fibrillar cellulose obtained by this process and their uses.

Process for the production of nano-fibrillar cellulose suspensions

The present invention relates to a process for the production of nano-fibrillar cellulose gels by providing cellulose fibres and at least one filler and/or pigment; combining the cellulose fibres and the at least one filler and/or pigment; and fibrillating the cellulose fibres in the presence of the at least one filler and/or pigment until a gel is formed, as well as the nano-fibrillar cellulose gel obtained by this process and uses thereof.

Process for the production of nano-fibrillar cellulose gels

The present invention relates to a process for preparing self-binding pigment particles comprising the following steps: a) providing an aqueous mineral pigment material suspension; b) providing at least one polymeric binder, wherein the binder comprises at least one modified polysaccharide having a degree of carboxylation in the range of 0.4 to 2.0 and having an intrinsic viscosity in the range of &#x3e;300 to 500 ml/g, c) mixing the binder of step b) with the aqueous mineral pigment material suspension of step a) and adjusting the solids content of the obtained suspension so that it is &#x3e;45 to 95 wt.-%, preferably from 45 to 80 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the suspension, and d) grinding the aqueous mineral material suspension of step c).

Self-binding pigment hybrid

The present invention relates to a process for the manufacturing of a calcium carbonate-comprising material, a calcium carbonate-comprising material obtained by a process as well as the use of the calcium carbonate-comprising material for paper filler and paper coating applications, cigarette paper applications, for plastics applications or in paints, coatings, adhesives, replacement of titanium dioxide, preferably in paints, sealants, food, feed, pharma, concrete, cement, cosmetic, water treatment and/or agriculture applications.

Process to obtain an ultrafine GCC with high light scattering properties and high solid content

The present invention concerns a process for preparing self-binding pigment particles from an aqueous suspension of calcium carbonate containing material, wherein an anionic binder and at least one cationic polymer are mixed with the suspension.

Treatment of calcium carbonate containing materials for increased filler load in paper

The present invention relates to a process for the reduction of pitch in an aqueous medium generated in a papermaking or pulping process, comprising the following steps: a) providing an aqueous medium comprising pitch generated in a papermaking or pulping process; b) providing a ground calcium carbonate and/or a precipitated calcium carbonate; c) providing a hydrophobizing agent selected from an aliphatic carboxylic acid having between 5 and 24 carbon atoms; d) contacting the ground calcium carbonate and/or the precipitated calcium carbonate of step b) with the hydrophobizing agent of step c) for obtaining a hydrophobized ground calcium carbonate and/or a hydrophobized precipitated calcium carbonate; and e) contacting the aqueous medium provided in step a) with the hydrophobized ground calcium carbonate and/or the hydrophobized precipitated calcium carbonate obtained in step d), to the use of a hydrophobized ground calcium carbonate and/or a hydrophobized ground calcium carbonate for reducing the amount of pitch in an aqueous medium as well as to a hydrophobized ground calcium carbonate and/or a hydrophobized ground calcium carbonate and a composite of hydrophobized ground calcium carbonate and/or hydrophobized ground calcium carbonate and pitch.

Hydrophobised calcium carbonate particles

The present invention relates to a process for the manufacturing of a calcium carbonate-comprising material, to a calcium carbonate-comprising material obtained by the process as well as the use of the calcium carbonate-comprising material for paper filler and paper coating applications, in plastics applications, in paints, in adhesives, in sealings, in concrete, in agriculture applications, in food applications, in cosmetic applications or in pharmaceutical applications.

Method for the manufacturing of a suspension comprising a calcium carbonate-comprising material

The present invention relates to a process for the production of suspensions of nano-fibrillar cellulose by providing cellulose fibers and at least one filler and/or pigment; combining the cellulose fibers and the at least one filler and/or pigment; and fibrillating the cellulose fibers in the presence of at least one filler and/or pigment, as well as the suspensions of nano-fibrillar cellulose obtained by this process and their uses.

The present invention relates to a process for the production of nano-fibrillar cellulose gels by providing cellulose fibers and at least one filler and/or pigment; combining the cellulose fibers and the at least one filler and/or pigment; and fibrillating the cellulose fibers in the presence of the at least one filler and/or pigment until a gel is formed, as well as the nano-fibrillar cellulose gel obtained by this process and uses thereof.

The present invention relates to the use of a colloidal precipitated calcium carbonate (cPCC) for adsorbing and/or reducing the amount of at least one organic material in an aqueous medium.

Adsorbing and/or reduction of the amount of organic materials in an aqueous medium by using colloidal precipitated calcium carbonate

The invention relates to a process for preparing self-binding pigment particle suspensions, to a self-binding pigment particle suspension as well as to a paper product comprising self-binding pigment particles and to the use of the self-binding pigment particle suspension as filler material.

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Elnesvagen, Norway

Daniel Gantenbein