Carbon black supplier Cabot Corporation recently announced it has commenced operations at its newest specialty compounds facility in Cilegon, Indonesia. The manufacturing site adds 20,000 tonnes/year of specialty compounds capacity to its global network, including black masterbatches and conductive compounds.…
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Phillips Carbon starts up production at Chennai plant
Phillips Carbon Black Ltd (PCBL), a part of RP Sanjiv Goenka Group, has commissioned the first phase of its Rs800-crore greenfield carbon black project in Tamil Nadu. After completing the first phase of the facility with a manufacturing capacity of…
EU sanctions synthetic rubber/carbon black imports from Russia
In the European Union (EU)’s latest 10th package of sanctions against Russia, since the country’s aggression against Ukraine, are import bans into the EU of Russian high-revenue goods such as bitumen and related materials like asphalt; and synthetic rubber and carbon blacks. These new…
Carbon black bound for sustainability
Sustainable carbon black made from renewable feedstock is becoming more and more in demand. But for technologies to fully produce lower cost, carbon neutral versions, they may still need to be fine- tuned, says Angelica Buan in this report. Moving…
Birla Carbon to develop biocrude graphite for lithium-ion batteries
Indian carbon black supplier Birla Carbon is collaborating with NC State University, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Ensyn, The Battery Innovation Center (BIC), and Yale University, to develop and scale-up the production of biocrude-derived graphite for lithium-ion batteries –…
Birla Carbon selects Aspen software for nine sites
Software firm Aspen Technology says that carbon black supplier Birla Carbon is scaling its deployment of AspenTech’s software across nine sites globally. Birla Carbon operations extend across 12 countries, on five continents, with 16 manufacturing facilities, for a combined capacity of…
Origin Materials and Intertex to produce 100% bio carbon black
US carbon negative materials company Origin Materials and Intertex World Resources, a distributor of synthetic rubber, carbon black, process oils and rubber chemicals, have entered into a partnership to bring sustainable carbon-negative carbon black made using Origin Materials’ patented technology…
Birla to expand carbon black capacity by 200 kt
Indian carbon black supplier Birla Carbon has announced an additional 200 kilotonnes/year capacity expansion across key markets. Based on customer demand and feedback, the expansion will cover strategic markets in Europe, India, and China in support of both rubber and specialty applications. The expansions…
Orion to increase gas black capacity in Germany by 2023
US-based carbon black supplier Orion Engineered Carbons says that it will complete its gas black expansion in Germany at plants in Dortmund and Cologne by early 2023. Orion is the only carbon black producer in the industry with gas black…
Enviro receives order for rCB from European tyre manufacturer
Tyre recycler Scandinavian Enviro Systems has received an order for 60 tonnes of recovered carbon black from a major European tyre manufacturer in the premium segment. The tyre manufacturer will use the carbon black for production tests as a step in…