TOR Minerals Int'l, Inc.
TOR Minerals International, Inc. (TOR) is a global specialty chemical company engaged in the business of manufacturing and marketing mineral products for use as
pigment extenders and flame retardants used in the manufacture of paints, industrial coatings, plastics, catalysts and solid surface applications. It has three production facilities: United States operation, Asian Operation and European Operation. The United States manufacturing plant, located in Corpus Christi, Texas, is situated on the north side of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel and has its own dock frontage at the plant. It also utilizes the Bulk Terminal, operated by the Port of Corpus Christi Authority, to discharge bulk shipments of synthetic rutile (SR) and Barite from cargo vessels directly into trucks for delivery to its plant. The site has its own railhead and easy access to major highways linking it to the rest of the United States and to Mexico. HITOX, BARTEX and HALTEX are all produced at this location.
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