ABOUT MINGMEI
Anhui Mingmei MinChem Co., Ltd, a China-US joint venture company, is the earliest company focusing on attapulgite production and development in China. Now the main products are attapulgite, molecular sieves and other related mineral and/or chemical products.
The current controlling shareholder of Mingmei is MinTech International, Inc. from the US. One of the founders and former Chairman of MinTech is late Dr. Haydn Murray, who is well-known expert in the mineral industry field. He is one of the founders of Clay Association in USA, former president of International Clay Minerals Society, professional association of American Geologists and a member of AmericanAcademy of Engineering.
The President and CEO, Richard H. Zhou, obtained PhD in 1996 in the US. His main study and research area is the application of industrial minerals, with focus on research and development of the origin and applications of sedimentary type attapulgite clay along the boundary between Mingguang city, AnhuiProvince and Xuyi County, Jiangsu Province, China. With solid academic background and practical research on the applications of attapulgite clay for nearly thirty years, Dr. Zhou understands well about the attapulgite properties and added values, and could provide strong professional support for the R&D and applications of attapulgite clay. With many years of experiences for management and operation of each subsidiary of MinTech, Dr. Zhou realized deeply that the consistent product quality, personal and/or company integrity are most important for the company’s long-term success. As the representative of the shareholders, Dr. Zhou has unique vision and practical approaches which are fundamental for the company to move forward steadily in both short and long term.
Mingmei approach is to provide most suitable products with most practical technology. The annual production capacity of various attapulgite products is 50,000 tons. The products are widely used in the chemical industry, building material, paints and coatings, printing ink, oil decolorizing, petroleum purifying, treatment of waste water, feeding and feeding additives, etc. Mingmei also has 5,000 tons of production capacity on various molecular sieves, such as 3A, 4A, 5A, 13X, 13X-HP, NM-X and other special products which can be used for air separation, refrigeration, automobile and insulating glass, etc.
