The printed image:
People have been trying
to improve this since
the dawn of time –
since the first drawings
on the walls of caves.
A picture is worth a thousand words (or
For Huber, it’s all about the image – the
Huber has been supplying high quality
so goes the saying), however, the
printed image. It’s also about producing
kaolin products since 1938. We have a
emotion sparked by any image depends
the results your customers expect.
full range of kaolin products for the
on the quality of the image.
Kaolin Clay for Paper
paper industry and are a leading
Advertisers, for example, looking to
Your paper coating has to perform
producer of high brightness coating
convey a message and generate demand
from coating makedown and
clays globally. From coated board to
for their products are driven for images
application through the printing
newsprint; from magazines to the high-
that jump out at us; images that
process. You expect that, in coating
est quality art papers; across the world
generate emotion; hit a nerve; or make
your sheet, the value of the paper
Huber’s kaolin products are at work.
us curious to want to see more.
increases significantly because the
KaMin LLC
(478) 750-5484
[email protected]
www.kaminllc.com
printed image is superior. And kaolin is
one of the keys to attain a high quality
THERE ARE NO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. Refer to KaMin LLC’s Standard Conditions of Sale
for the ­­only express warranties applicable to the KaMin LLC
products. Products incorporating KaMin products are not
warranted by KaMin LLC. In no event is KaMin LLC liable for
consequential damages.
© 2008 KaMin LLC
printed image – an image that is clear,
crisp and leaps off the page. Kaolin is
the functional pigment used to deliver
the printed quality your customers
expect.
10% TOTAL RECOVERED FIBER
ALL POST-CONSUMER FIBER
THIS BROCHURE WAS PRINTED ON STORA ENSO’S CENTURA® GLOSS 100 LB. COVER;
THE COATING CONTAINS HUBER’S HYDRAGLOSS® 90 KAOLIN CLAY.
Centura® is a trademark of Stora Enso. Centura is Forest Stewardship Council© certified.
© 1996 Forest Stewardship Council A.C.
Covergloss®, HuberPrime®, Hubertex®, Hydrafine®, Hydragloss®,
Hydramatte®, Hydraprint®, Hydrasperse® and Lithoprint® are registered
trademarks of KaMin LLC for kaolin clay.
The Coating ArchitectureSM is a trademark of J.M. Huber Corporation for
design for others in the field of coating formulations used for coating paper,
paperboard and paint.
Kaolin / Paper / Brochure / May07 / Rev I
VALUE FROM THE GROUND UP
Value from the ground up.
KaMin LLC operates
three manufacturing
facilities in Georgia
collectively pro­
ducing nearly 2 MM
tons of clay annually.
A leading producer of Georgia kaolin
For instance, Huber pioneered and
As the use of carbonate-containing
In the late 1980’s, Huber led the way in
In the end, the performance of the
Products
products for the paper industry, Huber
leads the world in the production of
coatings increased, Huber embraced
installation of the first high speed
paper is judged by the image it leaves
KaMin LLC’s full product line is
product of choice for the newest paper
performance in high carbonate
is the only producer in Georgia to
fine glossing, high brightness clays,
this conversion and responded by
laboratory coater (CLC). In the 1990’s,
in the mind of the consumer. So while
anchored by our flagship product,
machines in the world. This fine
coatings. Our Lithoprint® and
Hydragloss®
operate plants in each of the three
namely
making sure that our products could
Huber was one of three companies and
necessary, it is not enough to produce
Hydragloss®
glossing coating clay has allowed
HuberPrime® coating kaolins can
distinctly different crude regions of the
are continuing to see steady growth
be used readily and would complement
the only kaolin producer to invest in
kaolin efficiently or even to know how
brightness glossing clay used world-wide
papermakers to formulate coatings to
deliver improved fiber coverage and
state. This provides access to coarse
driven by increased usage of calcium
this conversion delivering the gloss and
Centre International De Couchage Inc.
to apply it effectively on paper, one
to impact gloss and print performance
maximize calcium carbonate levels as
roto printability, typically in higher
platy feedstocks as well as the finest
carbonate in coating formulations and
printability that was needed. We
(CIC), the state-of-the-art pilot coating
must also be able to design, evaluate
in high carbonate coatings.
well as coating solids, while ensuring
kaolin formulations. As a full line
high brightness crudes. But our
the demand placed on runnability
termed this process The Coating
facility in Quebec, Canada. Nearly 10
and modify the quality of the image
that the needed gloss, print quality and
supplier we also have products ranging
expertise is not in what is found in the
from new high speed paper machines.
ArchitectureSM Approach and this is
years later we continue to leverage
that is produced on the sheet. With
In fact, it’s simply the most widely
runnability are achieved.
from standard #1 clays, like
ground but rather in our innovative
Huber also pioneered and developed
still the approach we use today. Thus,
these assets to develop solutions for our
that end result in mind, Huber has
used coating clay in high quality
spirit that has pioneered new
super conducting magnetic separation
Huber was at the forefront of solving
customers, especially those that involve
invested in a print lab designed by a
coated freesheet and coated bleached
Huber has continued to develop
Hydraprint®, and of course structured
techniques for processing and has
resulting in better separation of
print problems using these new
improving the printed image.
printing and ink expert. These
board grades. Coupled with its
products such as our Covergloss® and
kaolins, Hubertex® and Hubertex D
consistently delivered new concepts to
impurities and more importantly
coatings. Since then, we‘ve applied this
commitments enable Huber to deliver
excellent high shear rheology, it’s no
Covergloss XG coating clays that
calcined clays.
the industry on how to use kaolin
improved energy efficiency of the
approach to helping our customers
the products that allow the image to
wonder why Hydragloss 90 is the
provide additional optical and print
products in paper.
overall process. Huber continues to
achieve the highest quality at the
convey the emotion (or tell the story)
invest in kaolin-process technology to
lowest cost.
that 1,000 words cannot.
90. These products
90, a fine particle high
Hydrafine®, to delaminated clays,
ensure that our customers’ needs can
Distribution
be met cost effectively.
Huber delivers kaolin to the paper
shipped outside North America
in a variety of forms. These terminals
In order to develop the right products
industry throughout the globe in slurry
generally through the port of
have a long history of handling clay
and solutions, Huber draws on decades
and spray-dried form in the following
Savannah, Georgia. Each year roughly
and Huber works closely with the
of experience and an innovative
packages: dry bulk, supersacks (1 MT)
three million tons of Georgia kaolin
kaolin shippers to ensure the quality
spirit. Our engineers, scientists and
and small bags (50lb or 25 kg). Over
ships through the port of Savannah
of the product.
mining and exploration experts ensure
50% of our production is sold and
where three terminals handle the clay
our kaolin products match up well
with the other components in the
coating formulation.
Georgia’s Kaolin Belt
Kaolin Grades and Huber Trade Names
calcined
hydrous
atlanta
regular brightness
high brightness
wrens
sandersville
Application
Hubertex®
macon
Newsprint
Uncoated Mechanical
fall line
Coated Pub
ge orgia
Coated Freesheet
Coated Recycled Board
Coated Bleached Board
•
•
•
•
•
Engineered/
Functional
Regular
Delaminated
Fine Glossing
Standard
Hydrafine®
(#1 clay)
Hydrasperse®
(#2 clay)
Hydraprint®
Hydramatte®
Hydragloss®
Hydrafine® 90
(#1 HB)
Hydrasperse® 90
(#2 HB)
Lithoprint®
Covergloss®
HuberPrime®
Hydragloss® 90
Covergloss® XG
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
For a complete listing of Huber’s kaolin products to meet your specific application needs, visit hubermaterials.com.
Fine Glossing