• Independent specialty alumina company since the divestiture from Alcoa in March 2004
  • Headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany
  • 900 employees in 20 locations worldwide
  • Production facilities in China, Germany, India, Japan, the Netherlands, the United States
  • Key markets served: Refractory , Ceramics , Polishing , Flame retardant polymers , Solid surface & cast polymers , Paper & paint
  • Product portfolio: Tabular alumina, Calcined alumina, Reactive alumina, Calcium aluminate cement, Spinel, Fine precipitated hydrate, White hydrate, Ground hydrate, Specialty products
  • Largest volume product: Tabular alumina
  • The chemical formula of alumina, or aluminum oxide, is Al2O3
  • The principle raw material for the production of alumina is yellow-brown bauxite. Two to four metric tons of bauxite are needed to produce one metric ton of alumina. Bauxite is mainly mined in Australia, Africa, Asia and South America.