Specialty Minerals Inc.

specialty minerals inc. (smi) is the world's leading producer of precipitated calcium carbonate (pcc) for the global paper industry. what started in 1986 as a concept to supply on-site pcc at a papermill has grown into a network of over 50 facilities in 18 countries around the world. this phenomenal growth can be attributed to the papermaker's need to increase paper quality while lowering production costs. the popularity of pcc as a filler in uncoated woodfree (freesheet) paper in the early years soon spread to virtually all applications of graphic papers and paperboard. our pcc now helps papermakers manufacture some of the highest quality publication papers, newsprint and coated boxboards. precipitated calcium carbonate can be found in paper products you use everyday, from magazines, annual reports, daily newspaper inserts and envelopes to pizza boxes, ink jet papers, coupons and myriad other paper items.