Burgess Pigment's employees are all key personnel. Everyone contributes to achieve our goal of customer satisfaction in every regard. Our officers strive for the maximum return from our resources for the benefit of our customers, employees, and stockholders. The Plant Burgess Pigment Company was chartered in 1948. The company started production the same year, employing one Nichols-Herreshoff furnace. In 1960, Burgess installed a second multiple hearth furnace along with some unique Fluid Energy equipment to remove agglomerates from calcined clay. During 1964, Burgess put the first flash heat calciner into production to ful