Abstract: A system for modifying an order without requiring changes in the manufacturing processes associated with that order, or while minimizing such changes, may include a storage system having a database. The system may include a processor configured to load the database with orders that dealers want to modify, and to search the database to find one or more matches between the orders that dealers want to modify. The processor may be further configured to direct that the recipients of the matched orders be switched.

Abstract: A system for modifying an order without requiring changes in the manufacturing processes associated with that order, or while minimizing such changes, may include a storage system having a database. The system may include a processor configured to load the database with orders that dealers want to modify, and to search the database to find one or more matches between the orders that dealers want to modify. The processor may be further configured to direct that the recipients of the matched orders be switched.

Abstract: The invention relates to talc substances consisting of particles having a sheet structure. These substances are characterised in that each particle has internally the crystalline structure of talc which confers upon it certain specific properties of this mineral (softness, thermal stability) and has hydrophilic surface properties unlike the hydrophobic properties of mineral talc which give rise to useful reactivity. The substances according to the invention have a thermal and chemical stability range similar to that of talc. They can be manufactured by thermal or chemical means under conditions designed to avoid internal conversion of the talc and to effect the surface modifications consisting of replacing inert siloxane bridges by active hydrophilic groups.

Abstract: The invention relates to talc substances consisting of particles having a sheet structure. These substances are characterised in that each particle has internally the crystalline structure of talc which confers upon it certain specific properties of this mineral (softness, thermal stability) and has hydrophilic surface properties unlike the hydrophobic properties of mineral talc which give rise to useful reactivity. The substances according to the invention have a thermal and chemical stability range similar to that of talc. They can be manufactured by thermal or chemical means under conditions designed to avoid internal conversion of the talc and to effect the surface modifications consisting of replacing inert siloxane bridges by active hydrophilic groups.