Omya International Ag

Omya Development Ag

Fiberlean Technologies Limited

Omya Ag

Coatex S.a.s.

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Mondo Minerals B.v.

Omya Iniernational Ag

Patrick A C Gane

Matthias Buri

Samuel Rentsch

Joachim Schoelkopf

Daniel Gantenbein

René Vinzenz Blum

Daniel Edward Gerard

Joachim Schölkopf

Michel Schenker

Catherine Jean Ridgway

Philipp Hunziker

René Burkhalter

Beat Karth

Matthias Welker

Fabio Ippolito

Simon Urwyler

Joachim Glaubitz

George Saunders

Jacques Mongoin

Michael Pohl

Martine Poffet

Armelle Senti-Wenk

Roger Bollström

Jan Philipp Weihs

Joseph McJunkins

Ramjee Subramanian

Detlef Gysau

Maximilian Laufmann

Martin Brunner

Patrick Schwarzentruber

Johannes Kritzinger

Tazio Fornera

Nicola Di Maiuta

Maxim Puchkov

Rene Vinzenz Blum

Jörg Huwyler

Vesa Kukkamo

Lars Andersson

Beat Kübler

Anita Zumsteg

Martina Elisabeth Knupfer

Jean-Marc Suau

Marc Maurer

Michael Skovby

Mathieu Skrzypczak

Dennis Werner

Rolf Endre Orten

Olivier Guerret

Christian Jacquemet

Jacky Rousset

Hans-Georg Hartan

Steffen Ohr

Claudia Pudack

Carolina Diaz Quijano

Wolfgang Kreuger

Xueping Qiu

Holger Spiegel

Joe Wenk

Olav Bergset

Michael Kässberger

Fritz Lehner

Michael Dalton

Gil Morieras

Aaro Salonen

Veronika Anna Eberle

Rainer Alles

Guillermo Bluvol

Dan Varney

Oliver Patrick Grossmann

Uwe Gisella

Renaud Souzy

Michael Knerr

Jörg Sötemann

Tanja Budde

Michael Kaessberger

Hans-Joachim Weitzel

Alain Cremaschi

Domenico Zocco

Daniel Frey

Kai Max Hettmann

Ola Lindstrøm

Wolfgang Höpfl

Leonie Wagner-Hattler

Joachim Scholkopf

Juhana Tuomas Lehtipuu

Julie Bridy

Matthias Burl

Georges Saunders

Joachim Schōlkopf

Christophe Laporte

Cécile Ganneau

Tanja Stirnimann

Asbjørn Høyem Amundsen

Tommy Sandvik

Bjørn Jensen

The present invention relates to a method of tagging a substrate with a covert, spectroscopically detectable security feature, wherein a liquid treatment composition comprising at least one acid is deposited onto a substrate, which comprises at least one external surface comprising a salifiable alkaline or alkaline earth compound.

Methods for verifying the authenticity of products

The present invention relates to a method for the treatment of a surface-reacted calcium carbonate, wherein the treatment agent is selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid and/or salts thereof, gallic acid and/or salts thereof, unsaturated fatty acids and/or salts thereof, elemental iron, iron (II)-salts, iron (II)-comprising oxides, iron (II, III)-comprising oxides and mixtures thereof, a treated surface-reacted calcium carbonate as well as a use of the treated surface-reacted calcium carbonate as oxygen scavenger.

Treatment of surface-reacted calcium carbonate

A surface-reacted calcium carbonate is described. In embodiments, the surface-reacted calcium carbonate is obtained by a process comprising treating a calcium carbonate-comprising material with at least one HOion donor, carbon dioxide, and at least one water-soluble metal cation source in an aqueous medium to form an aqueous suspension of surface-reacted calcium carbonate.

Surface-reacted calcium carbonate with functional cations

The invention relates to a process for reducing the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of a biocide against at least one strain of bacteria and/or at least one strain of yeast and/or at least one strain of mould in an aqueous preparation. The invention further relates to the use of a water soluble source of lithium ions for reducing the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of a biocide against at least one strain of bacteria and/or at least one strain of yeast and/or at least one strain of mould in an aqueous preparation.

Mic reduction with lithium ions

The present invention relates to a process for preparing a surface treated filler material product with succinic anhydride(s), a surface treated filler material product, a polymer composition, a fiber and/or filament and/or film and/or thread comprising the surface treated filler material product and/or the polymer composition, an article comprising the surface treated filler material product and/or the polymer composition and/or the fiber and/or filament and/or film and/or thread as well as the use of a mono-substituted succinic anhydride for decreasing the hydrophilicity of a calcium carbonate-containing filler material surface and the use of a surface-treated filler material product for initiating the crosslinking reaction in epoxide resins.

Process of controlled chemical reaction of a solid filler material surface and additives to produce a surface treated filler material product

The present invention relates to the use of a surface-reacted calcium carbonate as an anti-blocking agent in polymer(s) containing compositions, wherein the surface-reacted calcium carbonate is a reaction product of natural ground or precipitated calcium carbonate with carbon dioxide and one or more HOion donors in an aqueous medium, wherein the carbon dioxide is formed in situ by the HOion donors treatment and/or is supplied from an external source, an anti-blocking agent comprising surface-reacted calcium carbonate or a combination of surface reacted calcium carbonate and mineral material, a method for controlling the blocking of polymer(s) containing compositions, a polymer(s) containing composition comprising surface reacted calcium carbonate or a combination of surface reacted calcium carbonate and mineral material, a coating composition comprising such polymer(s) containing composition, as well as a substrate coated with such coating composition.

Use of surface-reacted calcium carbonate as anti-blocking agent

The present invention relates to a 3D-formable sheet material, a process for the preparation of a 3D-formed article, the use of a cellulose material and at least one particulate inorganic filler material for the preparation of a 3D-formable sheet material and for increasing the stretchability of a 3D-formable sheet material, the use of a 3D-formable sheet material in 3D-forming processes as well as a 3D-formed article comprising the 3D-formable sheet material according.

3-D formable sheet material

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 refers to a process for making a calcium carbonate containing material, wherein the process includes a specific drying procedure and allows for the provision of calcium carbonate materials with reduced moisture pick-up and low porosity.

Drying process

The present invention refers to a process for the preparation of an aqueous solution comprising at least one earth alkali hydrogen carbonate and its uses. The process is carried out in a reactor system that comprises a tank () equipped with a stirrer () and at least one filtering device ().

Process for the preparation of an aqueous solution comprising at least one earth alkali hydrogen carbonate and its use

The present invention refers to a process for the preparation of an aqueous solution comprising at least one earth alkali hydrogen carbonate and its uses.

Some embodiments of the invention include a process for the surface-treatment of a calcium carbonate-comprising material, a surface-treated calcium carbonate-comprising material obtained by such a process and the use of such a surface-treated calcium carbonate-comprising material.

Alkoxysilane treatment of a calcium carbonate-comprising material

A process of producing a surface-reacted calcium carbonate is described. In embodiments, a calcium carbonate-comprising material is treated with at least one HOion donor, carbon dioxide, and at least one water-soluble metal cation source in an aqueous medium to form an aqueous suspension of surface-reacted calcium carbonate. A surface-reacted calcium carbonate obtained by said process and its use are also described.

The present invention refers to the use of a surface-treated calcium carbonate-comprising material and/or magnesium carbonate-comprising material as oxygen scavenger; wherein the surface treatment agent is selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid and/or salts thereof, gallic acid and/or salts thereof, unsaturated fatty acids and/or salts thereof, elemental iron, iron (II)-salts and iron (ID-comprising oxides, iron (II, III)-comprising oxides and mixtures thereof; and wherein the total weight of the surface treatment agent on the total surface area of the at least one calcium carbonate-comprising material and/or magnesium carbonate-comprising material is from 0.01 to 40 mg/m, based on the at least one calcium carbonate-comprising material and/or magnesium carbonate-comprising material.

O2 scavenging CaCO3 treatment

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Patrick A C Gane