2016 ESSENTIALS

Mineral solutions to create tomorrow’s world

Mineral solutions to create

tomorrow’s world

World leader in mineral-based specialties for industry, Imerys delivers high value-added, functional solutions to a great number of sectors, from processing

industries to consumer goods and buildingproducts. The Group draws on its knowledge

of applications, scientific expertise and technological know-how to offer solutions beneficiating its mineral

resources, produce synthetic minerals anddevelop formulations. Imerys thus contributes essential

properties to customers’ products and performance, such as refractoriness, hardness, conductivity, opacity,

durability, purity, lightness, filtration, absorption and repellency. Imerys meets ambitious criteria for responsible development, regarding social,

environmental or Corporate Governance.

+250industrial sites

€4,165Mrevenue

16,000employees

90new products

launched in 2016

Gilles MichelChairman & CEO

“USING OUR MATERIALS SCIENCE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS’ BENEFITS”

1. HAR® 3G is the new reference in the talc range developed mainly for polymer applications, for the automotive sector in particular.

2. Graphite and carbon black are used in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries for mobile electronic equipment.

3. Calcium carbonates allow glove producers to offer thinner products with enhanced feel, better puncture resistance, at competitive prices.

4. Thanks to our filtration solutions based on perlite and diatomite, wine producers can optimize the key stages of wine making.

5. Complementing the existing insecticide product range, Celite 610, Diafil® 610 and Imergard™ are natural mineral solutions based on diatomaceous earth or kaolin.

6. A new chamotte to produce thinner and lighter sanitaryware pieces.

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MANY INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS WERE LAUNCHED IN 2016.

FOCUS ON SOME EMBLEMATIC EXAMPLES.

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AUTOMOTIVE, INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT AND CONSUMER DURABLES

STEELMAKING AND METALLURGY

CONSTRUCTION

HORTICULTURE AND AGRICULTURE

AGRI-FOOD

HEAT RESISTANCE PAPER

PACKAGING

DECORATIVE MATERIALS AND FITTINGS

ENERGY HEALTH, BEAUTY AND PERSONAL CARE

ELECTRONICS

IMERYS PROVIDES INNOVATIVE, HIGH

VALUE-ADDED MINERAL SPECIALTIES, WHICH ARE

USED IN MANY APPLICATIONS IN EVERYDAY LIFE

AND MEET THE NEEDS OF MANY INDUSTRIES.

MEETING DIVERSIFIED MARKETS’ NEEDS

energie & spé

CarbonatesRéfractaires MonolithiquesGraphite & CarboneSolutions pour l’Exploitation Pétrolière

Minéraux de PerformanceMinéraux pour FiltrationMétallurgie

KaolinToitureCéramiques

Minéraux RéfractairesMinéraux Fondus

�ltration

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minéraux

CZECH REPUBLIC

SWITERLANDSLOVENIA

AUSTRIA

HUNGARY

UKRAINE

SWEDEN

NETHERLANDSGERMANY

FINLAND

BELGIUM

UNITED KINGDOM

FRANCE

BULGARIA

GEORGIAITALY

GREECE

SPAIN

DANEMARK

EGYPT

BRAZIL

UNITED STATES

CANADA

ARGENTINA

CHILE

TURKEY

BAHRAIN

SAUDI ARABIA

INDIA THAILAND

CHINA

ZIMBABWE

NAMIBIA

SOUTH AFRICA

AUSTRALIA

VIETNAM

MALAYSIA

MEXICO

INDONESIA

JAPAN

NEW-ZEALAND

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eOUR CUSTOMERS BENEFIT FROM THE GROUP’S WORLDWIDE

NETWORK THAT REFLECTS ITS WILLINGNESS TO BE CLOSE

TO ITS CLIENTS’ NEEDS. IMERYS IS IMPLANTED ON

THE 5 CONTINENTS WITH MORE THAN 250 INDUSTRIAL

SITES IN OVER 50 COUNTRIES.

— Energy Solutions & Specialties

Roofing

Kaolin

Ceramics

— Ceramic Materials

Fused Minerals

Refractory Minerals

— High Resistance Minerals

Performance Additives

Filtration

Metallurgy

— Filtration & Performance Additives

Carbonates

Monolithic Refractories

Graphite & Carbon

Oilfield Solutions

— Energy Solutions & SpecialtiesTHE ENERGY SOLUTIONS & SPECIALTIES BUSINESS GROUP,

WHICH COMPRISES THE CARBONATES, MONOLITHIC

REFRACTORIES, GRAPHITE & CARBON AND OILFIELD

SOLUTIONS DIVISIONS, MANUFACTURES AND SELLS

MINERAL SOLUTIONS TO THE CONSUMER GOODS

AND PAPER SECTORS, HIGH-TEMPERATURE INDUSTRIES,

MOBILE ENERGY, AND THE OIL INDUSTRY. — 2016 Revenue split

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71industrial sites in 28 countries

€1,251M30% of Group total

Revenue

49%Carbonates

39%Monolithic Refractories

2%Oilfield Solutions

10%Graphite & Carbon

1 Digital Tablet. 2 Electrical Cables. 3 Oil refinery. 4 Toothpaste.

— Filtration & Performance AdditivesTHE FILTRATION & PERFORMANCE ADDITIVES BUSINESS

GROUP’S MINERALS AND PRODUCTS SUPPLY A LARGE

NUMBER OF MARKETS, INCLUDING THE AUTOMOTIVE,

STEEL, AGRICULTURE, AGRI-FOOD, CONSTRUCTION,

HEALTH, BEAUTY AND PERSONAL CARE SECTORS.

— 2016 Revenue split

41%Performance Additives

30%Filtration

29%Metallurgy

1 Cat litter. 2 Car.3 Fruit juice.

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83industrial sites in 25 countries

€1,145M27% of Group total

Revenue

— Ceramic MaterialsTHE CERAMIC MATERIALS BUSINESS GROUP COMPRISES

THREE DIVISIONS: ROOFING, WHERE THE GROUP IS

THE LEADING FRENCH PRODUCER OF CLAY ROOF TILES;

KAOLIN, WHICH OFFERS A WIDE RANGE OF APPLICATIONS

IN THE PAPER, PACKAGING AND PLASTICS SECTORS;

AND CERAMICS, WHERE IMERYS IS THE WORLD LEADER

IN CERAMIC PREPARED BODIES FOR SANITARYWARE

AND TABLEWARE.

44%Kaolin

31%Ceramics

25%Roofing

1 Roof tiles. 2 Magazine paper. 3 Tableware. 4 Paint.

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76industrial sites in 20 countries

€1,222M29% of Group total

Revenue

— High Resistance MineralsTHE HIGH RESISTANCE MINERALS BUSINESS GROUP

DESIGNS MINERAL-BASED SPECIALTIES WITH KEY

PROPERTIES SUCH AS HEAT RESISTANCE, ABRASIVENESS

AND CONDUCTIVITY. THE REFRACTORY MINERALS AND

FUSED MINERALS DIVISIONS SUPPLY THE STEEL,

AUTOMOTIVE AND AEROSPACE SECTORS.

63%Fused Minerals

37%Refractory Minerals

— 2016 Revenue split

1 Tracks and train. 2 Airplane reactor. 3 Flooring.

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28industrial sites in 12 countries

€598M14% of Group total

Revenue

Design and production — Photo credits — Xavier Bourgeois, Photothèque Imerys, Fotolia, iStock, Nathalie de La Falaise, Richard N’Go/L’un&L’autre. Print — This document is printed on PEFC certified paper and contains Imerys pigments.

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