Shaping the future through innovation: Imerys renews partnership with MIT
As it seeks to take on the challenges and opportunities of the future, Imerys needs partners in innovation with whom it can fully leverage the latest emerging and transformative research.
Because together is better, and both innovation and sustainability are best achieved by bringing together the world’s brightest on common platforms, Imerys reconnected with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) to leverage the insight and expertise of the leading players in global emerging technologies. This is one further example of a number of collaborations set up by Imerys Group where it works together with external experts, forums and startups with the future of the company and industry in mind.
Chris Parr, Refractory, Abrasives and Construction Science & Technology Vice President explains the reasons for this partnership: “on the one hand, there are a lot of synergies between the research being done and our line of work, but on the other, we are just very eager to learn and take expert advice on emerging technologies and how they can support our drive towards sustainable innovation”.
Achieving much more with less, or using less to achieve much more. That was the challenge Imerys experts set themselves in designing the next generation of specialty binders, designed for a market calling for greater performance with less product and lower environmental impact.
Versatile, strong, resistant, long-lasting, mostly natural, chemically inert, easy to clean with hygienic characteristics — it’s easy to see why ceramic products and their applications are so very popular. They are part and parcel of our daily lives, from the roofs above our heads to the tableware we dine from, from the sanitaryware to keep us clean and refreshed to the electrical appliances around us.
Diatomaceous earth has many practical household applications, but is also used for technical purposes in the chemical, agrifoods, cosmetics and pharmaceutical sectors.
This year, Imerys is extremely proud to celebrate the centenary of its French Fos-sur-Mer plant, specialized in the production of calcium aluminate based products. On April 30th, employees and their families were invited to take part in various events and festivities organized to commemorate 100 years of site existence.