OMYA
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OMYA is a multinational corporation based in Oftringen Switzerland, formerly known as Pluss-Staufer AG, which was founded by Gottfried Pluss and Emma Staufer in 1884.
They supply industrial raw materials including calcium carbonate, talc, white minerals and other chemicals.
The company has subsidiaries in North America, the UK, South Korea Australia and New Zealand. The company has been criticised for its environmental record. The company's operations in New Zealand threaten the existence of critically endangered Powelliphanta snails, and a number of shrub and sedge species found only Mount Burnett, currently being mined. The company claims that its actions are of minimal harm to the species.
External links
- [Company web site]
- [OMYA North America]
- [OMYA UK]
- [OMYA Australia]
- [Dolomite Action Group (NZ) press statement]
- [Vermonters for a Clean Environment - critical of environmental record of OMYA]
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