Potters Europe is the European division of Potters Industries Inc., the largest producer of quality glass beads in the world, with a global network of 22 production plants throughout Europe, North and South America, and Australasia.
From production plants in St Pour�ain in France, Kirchheimbolanden in Germany, Walbrzych in Poland and Barnsley and West Auckland in the UK, Potters Europe supplies glass beads to many, vastly different industries throughout western and eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Since its founding in 1914, Potters has accumulated a wealth of technical knowledge and expertise in glass bead applications. Company engineers and specialists are the world's leading source for technical data. Their ongoing work encompasses all aspects of glass bead technology.
To maintain its position as leader in its field, Potters has research and development facilities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, USA, which are constantly focused on developing new products, processes and applications for the global market. Such investment in the future of its business keeps Potters at the forefront of new developments in the field of glass beads.
In Europe, Potters has a research and development Technical Centre at the plant in St Pour�ain, which specialises in technical development and customer support. The facility includes road marking applications equipment and accelerated wear-testing equipment, specifically for the highways application area, and impact trials' equipment for the metal blasting industry.
Using extensive applications data on production procedures and media specifications, Potters provides valuable assistance in specifying materials and solving problems. Potters utilises its modern production technology to provide superior products throughout the world, supplying the highest quality and broadest range of glass bead sizes available from any source.
Potters takes a truly European approach in its marketing and sales strategies, and employs a technical sales management team, which provides local customer service support and technical backup.
For many years Potters has been, and continues to be, a very active participant in industry associations and standards bodies, a major contributor to specific initiatives to improve, develop and grow all the markets for its products, with corresponding benefits for the Company, its customers and the industries concerned.
Potters is an affiliate of the PQ Corporation, an independent, US-based chemical company, specialising in the manufacture of inorganic industrial chemicals and glass-bead products. These are products derived from silica. PQ Corporation has 57 manufacturing units in 19 countries of the world, serving the global marketplace.