For over 30 years, The Moltan Company, L.P. has been a leading distributor of absorbent products made from 100% natural earthen minerals for use in a wide variety of applications. The quality of our products is guaranteed by seamless operation, which can only be maintained through our direct ownership of raw deposits, processing, packaging, sales and marketing. Our value-added products include diatomaceous earth, a naturally occurring mineral with superior absorptive ability; conventional granular montmorillonite clay formulations; and natural zeolites. The Moltan Company was founded in 1976 near Middleton, Tennessee, where our first clay producing plant was built.
Middleton, located 60 miles east of Memphis, is where the heart of the Mid-Continent clay deposit is located and where Moltan mines our montmorillonite clay products. In 1988, the Moltan Company opened our second plant 45 miles east of Reno, Nevada. This plant produces high porosity products from diatomaceous earth. These products are considered the premium products of the industry. Our corporate office and customer service team are located in Memphis, Tennessee.
In June 2010 Moltan was certified by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) as a woman-owned business. WBENC is the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned, controlled, and operated by women in the United States as well as the nation's leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America's corporations. "WBENC Member" is yet another exceptional reason for conducting business with Moltan.
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Field support and customer service are vital to your business. Moltan has customer field support in multiple locations across the country. Moltan operates two state-of-the-art facilities. The Middleton, Tennessee, plant produces montmorillonite clay products. The Fernley, Nevada, plant produces diatomaceous earth products.

Moltan has a state-of-the-art manufacturing process. After the natural mineral has been mined, crushed and fed into the kiln, it is heated to required specifications and then crushed to final product size. After screening, the product goes to the packaging process. Moltan has modernized form, fill and seal equipment to provide premium packaging which offers a high level of puncture resistance. The high impact printing film also provides excellent moisture resistance.
CEO |
Cheryl Followell | cfollowell@moltan.com |
President |
Robert Followell | rfollowell@moltan.com |
Vice President |
Jeff Kitchens | jkitchens@moltan.com |
Vice President |
Richard Jewell | rjewell@moltan.com |
| Marketing Manager | Marsha Frommel | mfrommel@moltan.com |
Customer Service Manager |
Linda Thompson | lthompson@moltan.com |
National Accounts Administrator |
Judy Brower | jbrower@moltan.com |
| RSM - REGIONAL SALES MANAGER | ||
|---|---|---|
| Northeast | John Nestor | jnestor@moltan.com cell - 412-414-3975 |
| Canada & North Central | Reid Wetherell | rwetherell@moltan.com cell - 630-723-4274 |
| Western | Dennis Haugh | dhaugh@moltan.com cell - 916-730-7960 |
| Central | David Rooker | drooker@moltan.com cell - 405-210-8148 |
| Southeast | Thom Whitley | twhitley@moltan.com cell - 901-219-5491 |



