Huber Affirms Global Commitment to Dental Silica by Moving Forward with Plans to Build China Silica Plant.ATLANTA -- Huber Engineered Materials (HEM), part of J.M. Huber Corporation, today announced it will proceed with an investment to build a new dental silica operation in China. Details of the investment were not disclosed. J.M. Huber Corporation is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. . According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. company officials, Huber is currently finalizing site details. The final site will support a plant that is expected to output 40,000 metric tons of precipitated dental silica. Huber has operated silica plants for over five decades and currently has facilities in Etowah, Tennessee Etowah is a city in McMinn County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 3,663 at the 2000 census. History Etowah is a Muskogee term for town. The American town was founded in 1906, primarily as a location for a depot on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad ; Havre de Grace, Maryland Havre de Grace (HDG) is a city in Harford County, Maryland, United States. The population was 11,331 (17,221 if you include the greater Havre de Grace area) at the 2000 census. Havre de Grace is named after the port city of Le Havre, France. ; Oostende, Belgium; Hamina, Finland; Jhagadia, India. Huber currently supports the Chinese market through its existing plants. Known for its high quality and innovative functionality, Huber dental silica is primarily used as a cleaning agent in toothpaste formulations. Huber has perfected the science of particle-size control and rheology to ensure its dental silica can be formulated in a variety of dentifrice dentifrice /den·ti·frice/ (den´ti-fris) a preparation for cleansing and polishing the teeth; it may contain a therapeutic agent, such as fluoride, to inhibit dental caries. den·ti·frice n. formulas including opaque, clear gels, striped, dual phase as well as high cleaning and specialty formulas. "This facility will operate with the same global quality standards that our dentifrice customers have come to expect," said Mr. Jorma Sakko, vice president and general manager of Huber's silica business unit. "We are truly committed to dental silica and ensuring global customers have access to high quality Huber products." Mike Marberry, president of HEM, said, "China is a fast growing market for toothpaste products and will be very important to Huber's future growth. This is an important move to establish a competitive cost structure in this region and to deliver superior service and support to our local customers there." The local operational plan is being led by Chris Vanhee, a former silica plant manager at Huber's Oostende location. His team, in conjunction with Huber's silica marketing and executive leadership, are working closely with a recently announced Huber China management office. In addition, CP Kelco, a sister company owned by J.M. Huber Corporation, operates two plants in China and sells ingredients for toothpaste. Formulators wanting formulation insight as well as a silica processing overview are encouraged to visit www.hubermaterials.com About Huber Engineered Materials Huber Engineered Materials develops engineered specialty ingredients that enhance the performance, appeal and processing of a broad range of products used in industrial, paper and consumer-based applications. Its inorganic expertise has resulted in advancing the art in specialty silica and silicates, alumina trihydrate, magnesium hydroxide magnesium hydroxide: see milk of magnesia. , kaolin kaolin (kā`əlĭn): see china clay. clay, barium sulfate barium sulfate: see barite. and natural calcium carbonate calcium carbonate, CaCO3, white chemical compound that is the most common nonsiliceous mineral. It occurs in two crystal forms: calcite, which is hexagonal, and aragonite, which is rhombohedral. . Headquartered in Atlanta, Huber Engineered Materials has offices in 15 countries. For more information, see www.hubermaterials.com About J.M. Huber Corporation J.M. Huber Corporation, headquartered in Edison, NJ, is a diversified, multinational supplier of engineered materials, natural resources and technology-based services to customers spanning many industries from paper and energy to plastics and construction. With announced sales exceeding $2-billion, J.M. Huber Corporation is one of the largest family-owned companies in the United States. The company offers total solutions in inorganic chemistry inorganic chemistry, the study of all the elements and their compounds with the exception of carbon and its compounds, which fall under the category of organic chemistry. , 3-D seismic exploration, engineered wood composites and other specialties. For more information, see www.huber.com. |
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