The TIMCAL Group

The TIMCAL Group 

Worldwide Network 

Corporate 

Our Markets 

Our Products 

Our Organisation 

Sales Network


Worldwide Network 

Production Plants 

Commercial Offices 

Distributors / Agents


Corporate 

Corporate Vision 

TIMCAL’s vision is to be recognized worldwide 

as a leader in realizing challenging solutions 

for its customers by means of special carbons 

and related services.


Corporate 

Corporate Strategy 

Committed to our corporate vision, we consider 

customer satisfaction as our driving force to meet 

our social, environmental and economic objectives 

while respecting ethical rules. 

Our vision is possible: 

• By drawing upon the competencies, skills and 

dedication of our employees; 

• By implementing and maintaining a well 

documented quality management system; 

• By continuously challenging our performance.


Corporate 

Corporate Structure 

All business procedures are designed in strict 

alignment with a market oriented approach, thus 

ensuring high quality products and services in each 

application field for our customers: 

Mobile Energy 

Engineering Materials 

Carbon Additives for Polymers 

Hot Metal Forming 

Refractories and Metallurgy 

Our internal organisation provides efficient support 

for the target-oriented efforts of our global 

committments.


Corporate 

Sustainable 

Development 

Quality 

TIMCAL, fully committed to IMERYS’ Sustainable 

Development Charter, in force worldwide 

• High standards in terms of social behaviour 

• Total respect of the environment 

TIMCAL, synonymous of Quality 

• Customer satisfaction, one of our driving forces 

• Total Quality Management and Continuous 

Improvement Processes, part of our every day life 

• We strive to understand customers’ current and 

future needs in order to design products meeting or 

even exceeding those needs 

• The production plants comply with ISO 9001:2000


Corporate 

Health & Safety 

Social Policies 

Safety, a core value at TIMCAL 

• Protecting the health and safety of all its 

employees… 

• By means of a safe working environment… 

• At all the group’s locations. 

TIMCAL, a responsible corporate citizen 

• Aware of its role and social responsibilities 

• Protecting the environment 

• Complying with all the applicable laws and 

regulations in the countries where it is present.


Corporate 

History


Corporate 

History 

• 1908 

• 1917 

• 1924 

• 1982 

• 1989 

• 1994 

• 1995 

• 1997 

Officine del Gottardo is founded 

Synthetic Graphite manufactured 

for the first time 

Acquisition of Officine del 

Gottardo by LONZA Ltd. 

Willebroek plant (under Erachem 

group) starts producing 

Conductive Carbon Black 

Stratmin Graphite starts mining 

natural graphite in Canada 

LONZA G+T is acquired by 

IMETAL and becomes TIMCAL 

Ltd. 

TIMCAL America is founded 

Changzhou TIMCAL Graphite 

Corp. is established in China 

• 1999 

• 2000 

• 2001 

• 2002 

• 2003 

• 2005 

IMETAL changes name to 

IMERYS; TIMCAL and Stratmin 

are combined into TIMCAL Group 

TIMCAL Japan KK and TIMCAL 

Germany are set up 

TIMCAL Fuji facility opens in 

Japan; Office in France is 

enhanced 

Stratmin becomes TIMCAL 

Canada; Terrebonne plant opens 

TIMCAL acquires the Carbon 

Black activities at Willebroek, 

Belgium 

TIMCAL representative office in 

the UK is launched


Corporate 

A Member of IMERYS: 

transform to perform 

IMERYS, the world leader in adding value to minerals: 

• Active in 43 countries at more than 250 locations, 

• 15 900 workers worldwide * 

• € 3 billion in annual sales * 

* 2005 figures 

Specialty Minerals: € 815 M 

IMERYS products, finding applications in everyday life: 

• Construction, 

• Plastics, 

• Personal care, 

• Ceramics, 

• Paper, 

• Telecommunications, 

• Paints, 

• Beverage filtration. 

2005 Sales 

by business group 

Divided in 4 business groups, all with front-rank position. 

Specialty Minerals (including TIMCAL ) :.. 

Pigments for Paper:…………………………... 

Materials & Monolithics :…………………..…. 

Refractories, Abrasives & Filtration:………… 

26% 

25% 

30% 

19%


Corporate 



• Specialty 

Minerals 

Division 

Specialty Minerals: € 815 M 

2005 Sales by sector 

A business group with a wide range of minerals… 

• Calcium Carbonates, • Graphite & Carbon Black, 

• Kaolins, 

• Feldspar, 

• Clays, 

• Vermiculite. 

…To serve a multitude of markets 

• Floor & Wall Tiles, • Plastics, 

• Tableware, 

• Technical Ceramics, 

• Sanitaryware, 

• Mobile Energy, 

• Paints, 

• Automotive Industries. 

The business group is organized in 4 main sectors of 

activity: 

Performance Minerals & Ceramics Europe:…………… 45% 

Performance Minerals & Ceramics North America:…… 33% 

Performance Minerals & Ceramics South America:…… 7% 

Advanced Solutions: € 122 M (including TIMCAL)… 15%




• Specialty Minerals 

Division 

• Advanced 

Solutions 

including Timcal 

Corporate 

IMERYS’ Specialty Minerals business group has front-rank 

market positions: 

• World #1 in minerals for breathable polymer films 

• European #1 in ceramic bodies 

• European #2 in raw materials for floor tiles 

• World #1 in high-performance graphite powders 

The division in numbers: 

• € 815 million (26% of the Group’s 2005 sales) 

• 5 160 people 

• 24 countries and 102 industrial sites 

Advanced Solutions, a global offering for several industries 

through solutions based on: 

• Graphite & Carbon: Timcal Group with € 68 M (2005) 

• Kiln furniture 

• Vermiculite


Corporate 

D. Cattaneo 

HR & QS 

PRODUCTION 

D. Cattaneo 

RESEARCH 

& DEVELOPMENT 

N. Probst 

SALES 

& MARKETING 

F. Corti 

FINANCIAL 

I. M. Inì 

BUSINESS 

DEVELOPMENT 

& STRATEGY 

B. Gascon 

Plants 

• Bodio (CH) 

• Lac-des-Îles (CA) 

• Terrebonne (CA) 

• Changzhou (CN) 

• Fuji (JP) 

• Willebroek (BE) 

• Third Party Sources 

• Industrial 

Development 

• Electrochemistry 

• Carbon Technology 

• Additives for Polymers 

• Dispersions 

• Plasma 

Marketing 

Applications 

• Mobile Energy 

• Engineering Materials 

• Additives for 

Polymers 

• Refractories & 

Metallurgy 

Hot Metal Forming 

Sales & Marketing 

HMF Sales 

HMF Marketing 

Sales Network 

Europe & Africa 

Japan - Asia - Americas 

Area Sales Managers 

Sales Managers, Agents, 

Distributors 

• Finance 

• Controlling 

• IT 

• Legal


Our Markets 

Main Fields of 

Application for 

TIMCAL carbon 

based materials 

Mobile Energy 

Engineering 

Materials 

• alkaline batteries 

• Zn-C batteries 

• lithium batteries 

• Li-ion batteries 

• friction materials 

• powder metallurgy & 

hard metals 

• carbon brushes 

• fuel cells 

• supercaps 

• can coating dispersions 

• foils 

• ceramics 

• pencil 

• catalysts 

• synthetic 

diamonds 

• powders for 

lubricants 

Carbon Additives 

for Polymers 

• conductive plastics 

• conductive rubbers 

• power cables 

compounds 

• filled PTFE 

• conductive coatings & 

paints 

• flame retardants 

Hot Metal 

Forming 

• lubricants for seamless 

tubes 

• descaling agents 

• forging 

• application systems 

Refractories & 

Metallurgy 

• refractories 

• crucibles 

• hot metal toppings



Application 

Mobile Energy 

Our Markets 

Typical TIMCAL Customers in this application group: 

• Primary batteries: Alkaline, Lithium, Zn-C 

• Rechargeable batteries: Li-ion, NiCd, NiMH, Lead-acid 

• Fuel Cells 

• Super-capacitors 

TIMCAL products used by these industries: 

• Primary synthetic graphite (exclusive to TIMCAL) and 

natural graphite powders, as electrode materials 

• Water-based dispersions, as can coatings 

• Conductive carbon black, in primary Zn-C and Lithium, 

and in rechargeable batteries. 

Unique TIMCAL product properties: 

• Highest purities of all graphitic materials 

• Outstanding electrical conductivities 

• Exclusive particle shapes and morphologies (such as our 

potato® shaped synthetic graphite) 

• Environmental friendly water-based dispersions 

• Carbon black with superior electrolyte absorption



Application 

Engineering 

Materials 

Our Markets 


• Carbon brushes, powder metallurgy & hard metals, friction 

parts and foils, often found in automotive industries. 

• Lubricants, catalysts, synthetic diamonds, pencils and 

ceramics are among the other typical markets. 


• Primary synthetic graphite and natural graphite powders, 

water-based dispersions and calcined cokes are all used 

in most Engineering applications. 


• Unsurpassed (synthetic) and consistent (natural) purity 

levels 

• Consistent ash composition (natural) 

• Large offer of thermal and/or electrical conductivities, 

many suitable choices for each application 

• Wide range of compressibility factors 

• Ease of intercalation and exfoliation (for natural grades) 

• Very good lubricating property…



Application 

Carbon Additives 

for Polymers 

Our Markets 


• Plastics, rubber and cable compounders 

• Coatings and PTFE industries 

• End applications: electronic packaging, power cables, 

fuel hoses, flooring, conveyor belts, heat-exchangers, 

seals and water-meters 


• Conductive carbon black to confer electrical conductivity 

• Primary synthetic and natural graphite to confer thermal 

and electrical conductivity 

• Calcined cokes to increase resistance to creep and 

deformation 

• Water-based dispersions to increase wear resistance 


• Appropriate electrical or thermal conductivity 

• Easy dispersion and good surface smoothness 

• Highest purity levels 

• Self lubricating properties 

• Anti-wear effect


Our Markets 


Application 

Hot Metal 

Forming 


• Seamless tubes producers 

• Forging companies 


• Aqueous graphite dispersions as lubricants for pipe 

production and forging operations 

• Descaling agents for tube plants 

• Application systems 


• Consistent lubricity even at extreme temperatures and 

pressures 

• Excellent descaling efficiency 

• Environmental friendly dispersions 

• Full offer: products and application systems


Our Markets 


Application 

Refractories & 

Metallurgy 


• Refractory producers: bricks, monolithics, crucibles 

• Non ferrous alloy continuous casting: Oxygen free 

copper and other copper alloys like brass… 


• Natural graphite grades are perfectly suited for 

refractories and crucibles 

• Synthetic graphite and carbon black as topping during 

copper casting 


• Natural graphite: highest oxidation resistance, high 

thermal conductivity, consistent particle size distribution 

• Synthetic graphite: best oxidation protection for molten 

copper, very low ash content


Our Products 

Full Spectrum 

of Products 

and Services 

Primary Synthetic 

Graphite: 

• Isotropic & Anisotropic 

• Coarse, Medium, Fine, 

Ultra fine 

• High & very high purity 

Natural Flake Graphite 

• Flake 

• Purified 

• Expanded 

• Expandable 

• High crystallinity 

• Coarse, Medium, Fine 

Ultra-fine 

• High purity 

Conductive Carbon Black 

• Granulated 

• Powder 

Cokes 

• Coarse, Medium, Fine 

• Water Based Dispersions 

• Silicon Carbide


Our Products 

Products, 

Brand Names 

and Trademarks 

• Natural graphite 

powders 

• Synthetic graphite 

powders 

• Expanded graphite 

• Cokes 

• Water based graphite 

dispersions 

• Lubricants & Descaling agents 

• Technology 

• Services / Training 

• Specialty carbon blacks for 

polymer applications 

• Specialty carbon blacks for battery 

applications 

• Silicon carbide


R&D Mission 


R&D, the mission: 

• To develop innovative and ready to use solutions, 

• To provide scientific support to customers, 

• To constantly adapt to the dynamic and challenging technical 

environment. 

R&D, groups and locations: 

• In Bodio (Switzerland): Electrochemistry, Carbon Technology, 

Dispersions and Plasma groups 

• In Willebroek (Belgium): Additives for Polymers 

• In each plant: process development and optimisation 

People and means: 

• 25 highly qualified engineers, scientists and technicians 

• State of the art instruments and technology 

• Research on graphite, carbon black and water based 

dispersions as well as their respective end-use applications 

• Collaboration with universities and research institutes.



Manufacturing plants



Manufacturing plants: 

Graphitization & processing of Synthetic Graphite, manufacturing of water based 

Dispersions, processing of Natural Graphite & Coke and manufacturing & processing of 

Silicon Carbide 

• Bodio, Switzerland (Headquarters)




Mining, purification and sieving of Natural Graphite Flakes 

• Lac-des-Îles, Canada




Processing of Natural & Synthetic Graphite 

• Terrebonne, Canada




Manufacturing & processing of Conductive Carbon Black 

• Willebroek, Belgium




Manufacturing of water based Dispersions and processing of Natural Graphite 

• Changzhou, China




Manufacturing of water based Dispersions 

• Fuji, Japan



Customer’s Needs 

Sources of Raw Material 

Bodio (CH) 

Synthetic Graphite 

Lac-des-Îles (CA) 

Natural Graphite 

Willebroek (BE) 

Carbon Black 

External 

Coke - Natural Graphite - Others 

Processing Plants 

Bodio (CH) 

Size reductions, surface and shape 

modification, purification, exfoliation, 

mixing, sieving and classifying, 

manufacturing of dispersions 

Terrebonne (CA) 

Size reduction, classifying, exfoliation 

Lac-de-Îles (CA) 

Sieving 

Willebroek (BE) 

Processing of conductive carbon black 

Changzhou (CN) 

Mixing, sieving, manufacturing of dispersions 

Fuji (JP) 

Manufacturing of dispersions 

Sales Areas 

Europe - Africa – Mid. East 

(Bodio, CH) 

Americas 

(Westlake, USA) 

Asia 

(Changzhou, CN) 

Japan 

(Tokio, JP) 

Turnover (2005) 43% 33% 14% 

10%



Customer & 

Logistics Service 

Local order processing and timely deliveries to our 

customers all over the world: 

• For Europe: Bodio (Switzerland), 

• For North America: Terrebonne (Canada) and Westlake 

(USA), 

• For Japan: Tokyo (Japan), 

• For China and the rest of Asia: Changzhou (China). 

Smooth coordination of the deliveries from: 

• Our production plants, 

• Strategically located distribution warehouses. 

The CLS headquarter in Bodio, support to our global 

network for: 

• logistics planning, 

• product documentation and administration, 

• respect of delivery deadlines.


Sales Network 

Sales & Marketing 

Team 

Timcal Sales & Marketing force: 

• dedicated local sales teams, located all across the 

continents… 

• Product Managers, organised by application fields… 

• In essence, experienced and caring people supporting 

our customers worldwide. 

Together, Sales and Marketing people work closely 

with customers to: 

• develop and provide innovative solutions in a market 

oriented approach 

• ensure that the products offered are right for the 

technical application 

• journey with them in these challenging environments 

To complement our sales network, Timcal partners with 

Agents & Distributors in certain areas.


Sales Network 

Europe, 

Africa and 

Middle East 



Distributors / Agents 

Sales Offices 

TIMCAL Ltd Switzerland 

Group Head Office 

Strada Industriale 

CH - 6743 Bodio 

Phone: +41 91 873 2010 

Fax : +41 91 873 2019 

info@ch.timcal.com 

TIMCAL France 

Representatitive Office 

154-156, rue de l’Université 

FR-75007 Paris 

Phone: +33 1 49 55 65 90/91 

Fax : +33 1 49 55 65 95 

info@fr.timcal.com 

TIMCAL Deutschland 

GmbH 

Berliner Allee 47 

DE - 40212 Düsseldorf 

Phone: +49 211 130667 0 

Fax : +49 211 130667 13 

info@de.timcal.com 

TIMCAL UK 

Representative Office 

7 Arden Court 

UK – Congleton CW12 3JH 

Phone: +44 1 260 276 009 

Fax : +44 1 260 289 057 

info@uk.timcal.com 


TIMCAL Ltd Switzerland 

Group Head Office 

Strada Industriale 

CH - 6743 Bodio 

Phone: +41 91 873 2010 

Fax : +41 91 873 2019 

info@ch.timcal.com 

TIMCAL Belgium N.V/S.A 

Appeldonkstraat 173 

BE - 2830 Willebroek 

Tel: + 32 3 886 7181 

Fax: + 32 3 886 4773 

info@be.timcal.com


Sales Network 

Americas 



Distributors / Agents 

Sales Offices 

TIMCAL Canada Inc 

Terrebonne 

990, Fernand-Poitras 

Terrebonne, Quebec 

Canada J6Y 1V1 

Phone: +1 450 622 9191 

Fax : +1 450 622 8692 

info@ca.timcal.com 

TIMCAL America Inc 

Westlake 

29299 Clemens Road 1-L 

US - Westlake, Ohio 44145 

Phone: +1 440 871 7504 

Fax : +1 440 871 6026 

info@us.timcal.com 

Katy 

7018 Paintbrush Trail 

Katy, Texas 77494 

USA 

Phone: +1 281 392 2030 

Fax: +1 281 392 2047 

info@us.timcal.com 


TIMCAL Canada 

Lac-des-Îles 

585, Chemin du Graphite 

Lac-des-Îles, Quebec 

Canada J0W 1J0 

Tel: +1 819 597 2911 

Fax: +1 819 597 2410 

TIMCAL Canada 

Terrebonne 

990, Fernand-Poitras 

Terrebonne, Quebec 

Canada J6Y 1V1 

Tel: +1 450 622 9191 

Fax: +1 450 622 8692


Sales Network 

Asia - Pacific 

Sales Offices 

TIMCAL China 

Changzhou 

188 Tai Shan Road 

Hi-Tech-Zone 

Changzhou 213022 

P.R.China 

Phone: +86 519 510 1320 

Fax : +86 519 510 1322 

info@cn.timcal.com 


TIMCAL China 

Changzhou 

188 Tai Shan Road 

Hi-Tech-Zone 

Changzhou 213022 

P.R.China 

Phone: +86 519 510 1320 

Fax : +86 519 510 1322 





Sales Network 

Japan 

Sales Offices 

TIMCAL Japan K.K 

Tokyo 

7F Sagamiya Bldg. 

6 Ichibancho Chiyoda-Ku 

Tokyo 102-0082 

Japan 

Phone: +81 3 3511 2078 

Fax : +81 3 3511 2077 

info@jp.timcal.com 


TIMCAL Japan K.K 

Fuji 

Timcal Fuji Liquefaction Plant 

Gokanjima Aza 

Tsutsumizoe 1269-1 

Fuji City - Shizuoka 

Prefecture 

Japan 

Tel: + 81 545 61 7856 

Fax: + 81 545 61 7855 





Leading the way

The TIMCAL Group

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