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A privately-held company founded in 1946, Thiele Kaolin Company® is one of the world's leading sources for processed minerals. With facilities in North America and Europe, Thiele mines, processes, and delivers a wide range of kaolin and silica products.

Committed to delivering customer satisfaction, quality products, and reliable service, Thiele tailors every order to meet your needs. We approach every customer interaction with experience, common sense, and personal care. Above all, Thiele values promises given and kept, integrity, honesty and reliability, hard work combined with experience, and understanding gained over time. These beliefs make us Thiele Kaolin Company®.

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Thiele Kaolin Company EG-44 is a filler clay from East Georgia that exhibits superior color compared to other pigments that are too yellow. With its fine particle size and high surface area, EG-44 can be used in paper, adhesives, and other building-type products.

Thiele Kaolin Company EG-44

OPAMAX™ 16 is fully calcined, high brightness kaolin clay has excellent optical properties and low abrasion. OPAMAXTM 16, when added to a paint formulation, will allow for the greatest reduction in TiO2 compared to other kaolin clays. OPAMAXTM 16 also has better light scattering, thereby improving whiteness and opacity, allowing it to cost effectively replace more expensive white pigments. OPAMAXTM 16 is ideally suited for use in both waterborne and solvent paint formulations.

OPAMAX™ 16

KAOPLATE™ 27 is water-washed, coarse kaolin clay is perfect for architectural coatings and e-coat primers. Its low oil absorption will allow for higher loadings in paints and coatings. KAOPRIMETM 27 is designed for use in water-based systems. Its large particle size, whiteness, and low oil absorption combine to make it a cost-effective filler.

KAOPLATE™ 27

Thiele Kaolin Company Kaojet is an engineered pigment offering excellent performance in ink jet applications that provides significant cost advantage over silica pigments, high pigment solids, high color density, excellent image quality/clarity, rapid ink drying, low binder demand and may be used as a silica extender or replacement.

Thiele Kaolin Company Kaojet

KAOPLATE™ 15 is very fine particle size kaolin clay exhibits excellent brightness, providing for good tint strength and opacity. KAOPRIMETM 15 is suited for water-based paint systems where high holdout and gloss are desired. KAOPRIMETM 15 can be used with other clay products, particularly OPAMAXTM 16 as part of a TiO2 extender package.

KAOPLATE™ 15

KAOPLATE™ 22 is a fine particle size kaolin clay with exceptional brightness, gloss, and whiteness. This product is designed for water-based paints and coatings.

KAOPLATE™ 22

KAOPLATE™ 13 is a delaminated clay that helps improve the rheology of the paint system and reduce cracking of the paint upon drying. KAOPLATETM 13 also improves the opacity of the paint system and enamel hold out. This product is most suited for water-based paints and coatings.

KAOPLATE™ 13

Thiele Kaolin Company B-80 is a naturally fine-particle size product that can be easily dispersed in solvent or waterborne paint formulations.

Thiele Kaolin Company B-80

Thiele Kaolin Company

A privately-held company founded in 1946, Thiele Kaolin Company® is one of the world's leading sources for processed minerals. With facilities in North America and Europe, Thiele mines, processes, and

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OPAMAX 16 Technical Data Sheet

OPAMAX 16 Technical Data Sheet - Thiele Kaolin Company

OPAMAX™ 16 is fully calcined, high brightness kaolin clay has excellent optical properties and low abrasion. OPAMAXTM 16, when added to a paint formulation, will allow for the greatest reduction in Ti

OPAMAX - 16 - Thiele Kaolin - Anti-Caking Agent - Filler

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	Value	Units	Test Method / Conditions
Moisture (Spray Dried, Bulk & Bags)	max. 1.5	%	—
GE Brightness (Dry)	min. 92.5	%	—
GE Brightness (Slurry)	min. 92	%	—
Moisture (Slurry, % solids)	49.0 - 52.0	%	—
pH (Dry at 20% solids)	4.0 - 6.0	—	—
pH (Slurry as shipped)	6.0 - 8.0	—	—

	Value	Units	Test Method / Conditions
Screen Residue Retained (325 Mesh)	max. 0.01	%	—
Particle Size (Finer than 2 Microns)	min. 86	%	—
Particle Size (Median (D50) diameter, Microns, Typical)	0.8	microns	—

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