Thiele Kaolin Company

Thiele headquarters are located in Sandersville, Georgia.

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Reserves

Thiele's abundant kaolin reserves and efficient mining process assure customers of a constant supply of the highest quality kaolin. 

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The Clay Process

Our products go through at least 25 steps before they reach our customers.

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Tested to Perform

At Thiele, we know the value of performance. Our products are evaluated in our extensive research and paper application labs to ensure success in your mill.

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Quality is Key

Tailored products are our specialty. Thiele’s Quality Assurance facility ensures that our products meet your needs.

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Railcar Tracking

Thiele customer service doesn’t stop when the product leaves the plant.

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What We Leave Behind

Our reclaimed mines have been used for farmland, tree farms and recreational areas.

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Innovation at Thiele

For the past 60 years, Thiele has focused on what we know best: kaolin for paper.  As the worldwide paper industry changes, we realize the need to think outside the box for innovative answers to both paper and non-paper challenges. 

I3, the Innovation Ideation Initiative - To help meet these challenges, Thiele launched I3, the Innovation Ideation Initiative, a web-based, collaborative, idea generation program, in April 2007.  I3 is a program created by Thiele that fosters process, product, market and management innovation through an online forum that brings together Thiele’s expertise in kaolin and mineral solutions with collaborators from around the world to find solutions to the challenges facing a wide range of industries.

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EI3 ,Employee Innovation Ideation Initiative - In addition to working with external experts in a wide range of disciplines through the I3 program, Thiele is also harnessing the knowledge and experience of its innovative workforce through the second phase of I3 - the Employee Innovation Ideation Initiative, or EI3.  Launched in January 2008, EI3 allows all Thiele employees at every level to contribute suggestions on any area of the company.  To date participants have offered suggestions on improving safety, process efficiency, energy savings, new product ideas and a host of other topics.

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