High Divide Minerals Announces Vanderbilt Minerals to Join Expanded Industrial Minerals Platform Backed by Riverspan Partners
Industrial minerals platform provides deep industry expertise serving industrial, agricultural and life sciences markets
High Divide Minerals, a leading manufacturer of industrial talc products, today announced that Vanderbilt Minerals, a vertically integrated manufacturer of specialty mineral products, has joined an industrial minerals platform backed by Riverspan Partners, a private equity firm specializing in growth-oriented investments in the industrials sector. Vanderbilt Minerals and High Divide will serve as affiliates under the platform and continue to operate independently, offering the same world-class service to their respective customers. Together, they will expand the diverse portfolio of industrial minerals and industry expertise available across the platform.
Vanderbilt Minerals, which is headquartered in Norwalk, CT, operates across multiple U.S. states and serves a broad global customer base. Vanderbilt Minerals’ offerings include smectite clays, which serve as rheology modifiers and emulsion stabilizers in pharmaceutical, personal care, and agricultural applications, while its other products function as performance fillers and additives across ceramics, coatings, construction, and plastics end markets.
