Chinese firm Shandong Qingdao Link Technology plans to construct an integrated carbon black and silica production complex in the Sokhna Industrial Zone of the Suez Canal Economic Zone in Egypt. The total investment of the project is about US$130 million,…
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Orion launches circular carbon black production in China
Specialty chemicals firm Orion S.A. has announced it is producing circular carbon black at its ISCC PLUS-certified plant in the eastern coastal city of Qingdao, China. The facility is making three grades — Ecorax Circular 200, 210 and 215 — from tyre pyrolysis oil (TPO). Ecorax 200 is a hard black suitable for tyres, while the 210 and 215 grades can be used for tyres…
Study unlocks century-old riddle behind rubber’s strength
A team led by Professor David Simmons at the University of South Florida College of Engineering has solved a long-standing question in materials science: how carbon black turns soft rubber into a material strong enough to support a fully loaded…
Sumitomo Rubber to use sustainable carbon black in tyres
Sumitomo Rubber Industries says that it has for the first time adopted the sustainable carbon black for mass-production Dunlop tyres designed for certain passenger car models. The sustainable carbon black is produced via a chemical recycling process* that uses end-of-life…
Birla Carbon launches its first Asia post treatment plant in India
Birla Carbon has launched its first Asia Post Treatment (APT) Plant in Patalganga, Maharashtra, India, marking a major step in carbon black technology for high-performance applications in industries like coatings and inks. This advanced facility, designed for optimal flexibility, efficiency,…
Orion launches biobased carbon black for inks
Speciality chemical firm Orion S.A. has announced it has launched Printex Nature 35 – a carbon black made of 100% bio-circular feedstocks. The new product provides the same performance as Orion’s Printex 35 and can be used for a wide variety of printing applications,…
Orion scammed of US$60 mn through wire fraud
Chemical firm Orion S.A., a producer of carbon black, says it has lost approximately US$60 million through “multiple fraudulently induced outbound wire transfers to accounts controlled by unknown third parties.” The company lost the money after an employee was duped…
Klean Industries expands rCB footprint in India and Malaysia
Canada’s Klean Industries Inc. has announced the signing of a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) to supply its equipment and patented technologies for upgrading char derived from the thermal processing of end-of-life tyres (ELT) into recovered carbon black (rCB). This…
LD Carbon secures US$28 mn funding for rCB/pyrolysis oil production
South Korean producer of recovered carbon black rCB, LD Carbon has closed a US$28 million Series C funding round led by auto maker Toyota’s growth fund, Woven Capital, with participation by Meritz Securities, Investwith, Industrial Bank of Korea, Hyundai Motor…
Orion installing tyre pyrolysis oil tanks at Polish plant
Specialty chemicals firm Orion S.A. says it is installing multiple tyre pyrolysis oil (TPO) tanks at its plant in Jaslo, Poland – the company’s latest move toward boosting production of circular carbon black. The tanks will serve as reception points…