MCS® offers more than just raw materials and ceramic pastes. Our commitment is to provide tailor-made products, along with ongoing technical support services, for the ceramic industry worldwide. Generations of experience with minerals, a desire for constant innovation, and a willingness to collaborate in overcoming industry challenges are the principles on which this Group's growth is based.
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what we do
Whether you are trying to adopt new technologies or optimize your production yield, MCS®'s expertise in supplying raw materials and formulating pastes for all sectors of the ceramics industry means we can help:
- Develop specific products for your current processes;
- Improve the performance of current formulations;
- Create new products for new technological processes;
- Employ proven project management techniques to take laboratory work to the pilot plant and subsequently to large-scale production;
Whether it's a de-aggregated clay, a kaolin, a refined clay or a ceramic paste, all our multi-mineral solutions incorporate our own raw materials and knowledge gained from our industrial experience.
CLAYS & KAOLINSWe are recognized as a high-quality producer of a wide range of over 400,000 tons of plastic clays and kaolins with high alumina content, suitable for flat ceramics, sanitary ware, utilitarian and decorative tableware, glazes and engobes.
CERAMIC PASTES
MCS® pioneered the supply of white ceramic pastes in Portugal and currently has an extensive range of pastes for hard and soft porcelain, stoneware, earthenware, electroporcelain, sanitary ware and flat ceramics.
FELDSPARS AND QUARTZ
Complementing its line of clays, kaolin and ceramic pastes, MCS® also offers a selection of feldspars and quartz for applications within and outside the scope of ceramics.
Strategy and development
MCS®'s strategic and business success is based on differentiation, a focus on R&D, and collaborative partnerships.In this way, we ensure that our clients gain a competitive advantage through our ability to provide solutions with quantifiable benefits in terms of material functionality, process performance, and/or cost savings.MCS® works with you to develop the next generation of ceramic material solutions, meeting the dynamic and challenging demands of new industry processes and technologies.
dimension
MCS® has a turnover of 55 million euros, 30% of which comes from exports to around 25 countries.
We are recognized as the only international supplier of raw materials with such a wide range of mineral resources concentrated in a single country – Portugal.
Market and customers
MCS® maintains a strong domestic focus, contributing to the competitiveness and development of the local ceramic industry.
To support its domestic and export sales efforts, MCS® employs its own sales and service teams, as well as dedicated agents and distributors in some countries.
MCS®'s operational proximity to a number of deep-water ports along the Portuguese coast allows ships and containers to be shipped worldwide, year-round.
MCS®'s global reach is proof of its international credibility and the viability of its supply chain.
Products
With vast multi-mineral reserves in Portugal, MCS® has been extracting, processing, developing, and supplying high-quality raw materials to the ceramic industry since the 1940s.
Our experienced team of ceramic and process engineers possesses extensive knowledge in the sectors of flat ceramics, sanitary ware, and decorative and utilitarian tableware, responding with tailor-made solutions to the challenges presented by our clients.
Before beginning the process of developing customized products, our approach starts with assessing the client's needs.
Only then do we take the project from the laboratory to the pilot stage and from there to eventual large-scale implementation.
An integrated and collaborative approach for your business…
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