The High-Performance Materials Sector (HPM) enjoys leading positions in all of its businesses, brings together the Ceramics, High Performance Plastics, Reinforcements& Composites and Textile solutions, Abrasives divisions.
Abrasives
-------------NO.1 World producer
The Abrasives Division's unparalleled product portfolio makes it the only supplier capable of offering customers a comprehensive range of finishing system solutions from roughing and surface finishing through to polishing, cutting and precision grinding. Its extensive experience enables it to provide solutions for each stage in the process.
The Division is also the only global manufacturer with capabilities in all types of abrasives made with mineral granules such as aluminum oxide, silicon carbide or diamonds:
- Grinding wheels incorporate natural or synthetic abrasives which have been bonded with a vitrified or organic binder;
- Thin grinding wheels are formed from bonded abrasives which have been reinforced with fiberglass mesh;
- Coated abrasives incorporate abrasive granules which are coated with a layer of adhesive and affixed to a paper, cloth, fiber or synthetic backing;
- Superabrasive grinding wheels and tools combine a grinding surface made from diamond or cubic boron nitride with a resin or metal bonding system.
The Division operates manufacturing facilities in some thirty countries and has built up an extensive presence in Asia. The Division has also made significant investments in e-business tools in order to deliver optimal levels of customer service.
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