Quality

ISO 9001:2000 Certified, Prince Minerals maintains industry leading quality standards. With rigorous incoming raw material inspection, stringent in-process controls, and finished goods analysis and testing, we deliver on our promise of superior product consistency and quality.

Research & Development

The Research and Development group is the creative design center of the company.  Staffed with specialized technical personnel in both Europe and USA, who support all of Prince’s new product and market developments, the technical services group works closely with customers from product selection to optimizing productivity and savings.  Utilizing state-of-the-art industry technology, we collaborate with both customers and our production facilities to develop custom-fit value added products.

Multi-industry technical support and product development

• Foundry (metallurgical)
  • Sand casting additives
  • Defect reduction assistance
• Ceramic (Brick/Tile) Development Capabilities per customer’s unique firing and production parameters
  • Custom designed  through-the-body color additives
  • Custom designed sand colorants
  • Custom designed wet coatings
  • Color Spectrophotometer quality assurance for consistency
• Grinding Wheels / Forging & Extrusion
  • Ceramic, Vitreous, Diamond, and CBN bonds
  • Glass lubricants for various alloys
• New Technical/Product Development Center located in Monroe, North Carolina
  • ISO-9000 certified
  • Dedicated customer care with new product development from lab to field
    • Fully equipped lab
    • Small mixing/batching capability for trial work (100lb -400lb)
    • Staff can provide on-site trial assistance and/or training sessions
• Assistance with product selection to meet specific customer requirements
  • Qualitative parameters
  • Costing considerations