Cookie Notice
Cookies Notice
Alta Performance Materials Holdings (UK) Limited (incorporated in England and Wales with company number 11815817) (“ALTA”, “we” and “us”) is the operator of this website (accessible at altapm.com), including all of its web pages (the “Site”). ALTA operates the Site on behalf of the Alta Performance Materials group of companies (the “ALTA Group”). This cookies notice describes our use of cookies and other online tracking technologies in connection with our operation of the Site.
If you are dissatisfied our use of cookies as described in this cookies notice then you should not use the Site.
ALTA may at any time, at its sole discretion without notice to you, amend this cookies notice to reflect changes in its then-current or anticipated use of cookies. Any such amendment to this cookies notice shall apply to any access to or use of the Site from the time at which such updated cookies notice is made accessible on the Site. You should revisit this privacy notice posted on the Site periodically to note any modifications that may have been made. This cookies notice was last updated on 28 April 2025.
What Are Cookies
As is common practice with almost all professional websites, this Site uses cookies. Cookies are tiny text files that are downloaded to your computer or device. This cookies notice describes what cookies are used on the Site, what information they gather, how we use that information, why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored, however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the Site’s functionality.
Visit https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/ for further information about cookies generally, including what cookies are, how to switch off cookies using your browser and how to delete cookies from your computer.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed in this cookies notice. Unfortunately, in many cases, there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this Site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use. The cookie banner that you should see when you visit the Site should help you navigate by allowing you to only accept functionally necessary cookies or accept a broader range.
Some of the cookies used are called “persistent cookies”, which means that they remain stored on your browser for a certain period of time and are used to remember certain information about you (such as your cookies preferences) when you re-visit the Site. Other cookies are known as “session cookies”, and these are removed from your browser once you leave the Site. The Site may also use a combination of “first-party cookies” (which are cookies set by ALTA as operator of the Site) and “third-party cookies” which are set by third parties outside of the ALTA Group (but accessed when you visit the Site). Which of these characteristics apply to a cookie used on the Site are set out in the table at the bottom of this cookies notice.
Third-Party Cookies
In some special cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties (i.e. third-party cookies). The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how you use the Site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the Site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
Google will also use this anonymous information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Site, compiling reports on website activity (including the number of visitors to the website, where they have come to the website from, the pages they visit and the length of time they have spent on the website) for ourselves and other website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. We use these reports to improve the way our Site works. Google may also transfer the information collected by the Google Analytics cookie to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this Site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including; Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, will set cookies through our Site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
Disabling Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser “Help” page or similar for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this Site and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of this Site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
The Cookies We Set
The cookies (and their characteristics) that are set when you visit the Site are described in the table at the bottom of this cookies notice.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
We set certain cookies in order to allow the core functionality of the Site and to, for example, remember your previously-submitted cookies preferences. You must accept the placement of these strictly necessary cookies in order for the core functionality of the Site to function on your browser.
Analytical and Functionality Cookies
We set certain cookies in order to monitor and improve the performance of the Site and to allow you to access additional (non-core) functionality. For example, we set cookies to allow us to track traffic to and the nature of users’ use of the Site so that we can improve user experience. Also, when you submit data to us through a form such as those found on our contact pages or comment forms, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
Marketing Cookies
Certain cookies are set to improve the relevance of marketing materials that are displayed to you on the Site and elsewhere. For example, these cookies may track which website you visited from, what you appeared to be interested in when using the Site, and which website you visited after browsing the Site.
More Information
Hopefully, that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren’t sure whether you need or not it’s usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site. There is also more information on how we collect and process any personal data subsisting in any cookies in ALTA’s Privacy Notice.
However, if you are still looking for more information then you can contact us at ALTA Performance Materials, The Jellicoe King’s Cross, 5 Beaconsfield Street, King’s Cross, N1C 4EW, London.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration | First-Party or Third Party |
| CookieControl | Strictly Necessary | 1 year | First-Party |
| __cf_bm | Strictly Necessary | 30 minutes | Third-Party |
| _ga | Analytical and Functionality Cookies | 1 year | Third-Party |
| _ga_QDXG3MYWQK | Analytical and Functionality Cookies | 1 year | Third-Party |