Active Minerals International, LLC has appointed Archway Sales, Inc. as a distributor for their full line of Min-U-Gel and Acti-Gel attapulgite mineral-based thickeners and suspension products to the paint, coatings, plastics, rubber, adhesive, asphalt and other specialty markets in the states of Illinois (northern half), Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisianna effective January 1, 2012.