Imerys is a French multinational company which specialises in the production and processing of industrial minerals. Headquartered in Paris, the company has operations in 50 countries and has more than 16,000 employees. The company extracts and processes minerals into various industrial materials used to produce goods for a range of industries. Imerys also invests significant resources in research, with 400 scientists, 8 main centers and 25 regional laboratories.