UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant To Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 2, 2006

MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

   

1-3295

   

25-1190717

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

  

(Commission File
Number)

  

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

405 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY

                

10174-0002

(Address of principal executive offices)

  

(Zip Code)

(212) 878-1800

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions.
 

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Item 8.01

  

Other Events.
   

On October 2, 2006 Minerals Technologies Inc. issued a press release announcing that its wholly owned subsidiary, Minteq International Inc., has completed the acquisition of ASMAS, an Istanbul-based Turkish producer of refractories. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
     

Item 9.01

 

Financial Statements and Exhibits.
   

(c)

Exhibits
   

99.1

Press Release dated October 2, 2006
   

   

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

                                          

                                        

MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
   

By:

 /s/Kirk G. Forrest

 

 

Name:

Kirk G. Forrest

 

 

Title:

Secretary
     

  Date:  October 2, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

EXHIBIT INDEX
     

Exhibit No.
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Subject Matter                                                       
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99.1

     

Press Release dated October 2, 2006