Christy Minerals manufactures fused silica flour, grains and Advanced Shell Systems at its’ Midway location in Tennessee. Christy Minerals also manufactures alumino-silicate grains and flours under the STKO® brand at its’ High Hill Missouri location. They developed WDS-the first Advanced Shell System introduced to the industry. The second-generation Gray Matter 2, WDS 3, and the newest development Rapid Cast System (Rapid Cast flour and accelerator) requiring the least number of dips to build a shell were also developed. Christy Minerals supplies fused silica and alumino-silicate direct, distributes through Nalco and Westech. Christy Minerals is a distributor of Nalco’s colloidal silica and Continental Minerals Zircon.