CalciTech presents benefits of synthetic calcium carbonate at coating symposium in Germany

GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 29, 2009 (PRNewswire-FirstCall) - CalciTech Ltd. CalciTech announces today that it has attended, during September, the PTS Coating Symposium in Baden-Baden, Germany where industry leaders meet to review the latest advances in the technology of paper coating. CalciTech presented the benefits of its Synthetic Calcium Carbonate (SCC) to key customers showing how they can lower costs by replacing expensive fillers and reduce running costs.

CalciTech Technical Manager, Francois Roux commented 'Again, participants appreciated the narrow particle size distribution and unique rice grain shape. CalciTech's SCC improves brightness, opacity and gloss as well as other key printability characteristics. We have just completed another series of tests with a leading mineral supplier that again highlight the superior performance features of SCC over existing fillers, demonstrating the dramatic leap in SCC coating technology.'

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