In addition to providing high quality products for its customers, STI provides engineering and technical support to facilitate customer applications. Areas covered include: product application, transportation, material handling, and research and development.

A portable slaker treating mine wastes at a remote site in China

• Product Application: STI has technical and sales personnel skilled in solving customer problems. They are available to work with customers to recommend the proper products to meet their specific needs. This may include support on FGD projects, steel blends of high quality calcium carbonate products, or how to apply building products.
  
  
• Transportation: STI has extensive expertise in transportation, by truck, rail or water for our products. The emphasis is on building reliable, cost efficient supply networks. An example of this commitment is the operation of a fleet of calcium carbonate delivery barges to support customers in the paper industry in the world.
  
  
• Material Handling: STI will review and inspect customer material handling facilities and design criteria to assure efficient and economical operations. If requested, STI is prepared to own and operate such facilities at the customer's site including storage facilities. STI also provides portable slakers, silos and unloading and material handling equipment for short term projects. Several customers lease this equipment until their project has been completed.
  
  
• Research and Development: STI is prepared to work with customers in R&D efforts for new product and process applications. STI has portable slakers and unloading conveyors available to facilitate testing of new applications at a customer's site.