India’s Birla Carbon has announced expansions in multiple regions to support customers in the growing carbon black market.
It will undertake significant debottlenecking at its factories in Egypt and Italy before the end of Q3 2018; restart a production line in Thailand by the end of Q4 2018; and install new production lines in India with a start date of Q4 2019 to enable it to raise its capacities considerably.
In total, Birla Carbon says it will be adding 150,000 tonnes/year of new capacity on line over the next 18 months. Furthermore, the company is prepared to expand at its newest plant in China by an additional 120,000 tonnes/year at an opportune time.
“Birla Carbon is committed to supporting our customers’ growing needs in all geographies,” CEO Dr. Santrupt Misra said. “Implementation of these projects are underway after a series of development initiatives were identified to meet market requirements. We have leveraged our latest technology to ensure the highest quality products and most reliable operations.”
COO John Loudermilk added: “The new capacities will enable us to serve a range of segments including production capability for high value, differentiated products in the tyre, rubber goods, and specialty markets.”