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Around the clock
We produce lime for life
This slogan is not just an empty phrase. Lime is an integral part of our everyday lives. Whether consciously or unconsciously, each of us has several daily points of contact with products for whose production lime is essential. And even in the future, it is hard to imagine a world without lime – this important and versatile raw material.
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6:30 am
The start of the day
Waterworks turn surface and groundwater into drinking water so that we can shower, wash and drink. Lime plays a major role in drinking water and wastewater treatment.
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7:00 am
A hot tea or strong coffee to wake you up
A bit of sugar sweetens the start. Sugar factories need lime to bind non-sugar substances in the raw juice obtained from the sugar beet.
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7:30 am
The Germans’ favourite toy
Whether e-mobility or conventional combustion engines – a car consists to a large extent of high-quality special steels, for the production of which lime is an irreplaceable raw material.
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8:00 am
The way to work leads over lime and limestone
Only lime provides the road with a stable base and long-term load-bearing capacity. Hydrate in the asphalt surface layer sustainably increases the ‘durability’ of the road surface.
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10:00 am
Let your gaze wander
The view through the glass office windows is also made possible by limestone – it serves as a hardening and purifying element in glass production.
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12:00 pm
Healthy vegetables for a light lunch
Lime products ensure sustainable soil fertility and counteract soil acidification. Lime is essential for fertile soils and healthy plants.
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2:00 pm
Solid basis for documents
Paper is indispensable despite digitalisation. Lime products are the most commonly used colourant for coated papers in paper production. They are also used as fillers in paper pulp or pigments in coating colours. Lime products give paper maximum whiteness and improves printability.
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4:00 pm
If your cat feels good, you feel good too!”
Happy cat – happy life. The house cat prefers to do its business on cat litter. Lime is an essential component of cat litter.
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6:00 pm
A light goes on for you
Power stations supply us with electricity for lighting, cooking and now also for driving. Lime is used for flue gas purification – it binds pollutants so that they cannot escape into the atmosphere.
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8:00 pm
The reward for a long day
Lime products are used specifically in agriculture. Feed lime strengthens the animal’s bone structure, provides important trace elements and minerals and strengthens the immune system, thus minimising the use of antibiotics. A sustainable contribution to strengthening animal health.
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10:00 pm
Home Sweet Home
Feel-good atmosphere at home with lime. Enhanced stability, less energy consumption, optimum indoor climate – lime as a raw material
is an indispensable part of modern residential construction.
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11:00 pm
Keep smiling
Limestone for white and healthy teeth. As an ingredient in toothpaste, calcium carbonate is added as a cleaning agent.