Growth and Innovation: Our Origin
The history of Mondo Minerals is a history of growth and innovation.
One important reason: necessity is the mother of invention. The talc ore found in Finland is a mixture of magnesite and talc, so that a separating process first had to be developed – talc flotation. The company Suomen Talkki Oy was founded in 1967 to commercialize this invention. This is the origin of Mondo Minerals – and of our self-understanding as a growing and innovative enterprise, which we still maintain today.
Here are just a few of the important milestones.
| 2011 | Acquisition of Mondo Minerals through Advent International |
| 2010 | Introduction of compacted talc for the plastics industry |
| 2010 | Launch of highly sterile talc for pharmaceuticals |
| 2010 | First commercial paint talc slurry production |
| 2009 | Launch of talc products optimized for chewing gum production |
| 2008 | Development of high surface area talc for olive oil separation |
| 2008 | Patents for highly delaminated talc and for talc use in beverage filtration |
| 2007 | Hg Capital acquires Mondo Minerals; Norwegian Talc AS remains part of the Omya Group |
| 2006 | Introduction of double classified product for high solid coatings |
| 2004 | Development of superconducting electromagnetic separation process for talc purification |
| 2003 | Introduction of sterile bulk product for anti-allergenic paints |
| 2002/03 | Plustalc product range introduced for paints and plastics |
| 2001 | Ownership of Mondo Minerals transferred to Omya AG |
| 2000 | Development of food packaging coating talc for paper and board |
| 1998 | Start of the use of talc in cordierite ceramic honeycomb structures |
| 1998 | Mondo Minerals Oy established as a joint venture between Omya AG and Western Mining Ltd. of Australia. The JV includes the former Finnminerals Oy, Westmin BV Amsterdam, and the talc business of Norwegian Talc AS. |
| 1994 | Capacity of Finnminerals Holland B.V. doubled |
| 1993 | Katwijk site established as “Finnminerals Holland B.V.” |
| 1991 | All 3 Finnish talc factories combine to form the company “Finnminerals”, owned by United Paper Mills (UPM) |
| 1982 | Development of rotogravure paper coating talc |
| 1979/80 | De-dusted talc products for unsaturated polyester putties developed |
| 1979 | Kaavi plant commissioned with a capacity of 50,000 tons p.a. |
| 1977 | Vuonos plant opens |
| 1974 | Concentration of nickel commences with 500 tons capacity p.a. |
| 1973 | Paint talc production started |
| 1970/71 | Production of pitch control talc for the Finnish paper industry gets underway |
| 1969 | Production begins at Sotkamo site with a capacity of 70,000 tons p.a. First deliveries of SC paper filler talc |
| 1967 | Suomen Talkki Oy established |
| 1961 | Experimental ore mill Sotkamo |
| 1956 | Geological research begins |
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