Specialty Minerals Inc.’s (SMI’s) talcs are typically used in film applications to impart stiffness to the film, thus permitting down-gauging for cost savings. Other criteria for talc selection include color, particle size, and particle size distribution.

SMI has a wide variety of talcs available for just about any film application. The product selector chart compares our most widely used products

Specialty Minerals Talc and Talc-Based Antiblocks
SMI also manufactures a range of talc and talc-based antiblocks that are used in the manufacture of polyolefin and other films. Click here.

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• SMI products for plastics
• SMI minerals for filled polyolefin and other films
• SMI minerals for flexible PVC
• SMI antiblock talcs for polyolefin films
  
  
• Talc in plastics uses
  
  
• What is Talc?
  
• Reinforcement Fundamentals
• Antiblock Fundamentals
  
  
• Download technical data sheets for SMI products
• Request a sample
  
  
• Specialty Minerals Plant Locations and Profiles
• Quality and ISO at Specialty Minerals