The Notch Blog

Birla Carbon recently announced a new new production line at its carbon black facility in Trecate, Italy. This dedicated line will serve the purpose of finishing and packing of Continua Sustainable Carbonaceous Material (SCM), a circular material derived from end-of-life tires. With this launch, high-quality and consistent Continua SCM will be available in large volumes. The announcement follows the recent inauguration of phase one of Circtec's new tire recycling facility i

On February 4, Cabot Corporation held its earnings call for Q1 FY2026. During the call, Cabot's CEO Sean Keohane announced that Cabot plans to rationalize carbon black capacity in the Americas and Europe due to declining tire production levels caused mainly by tire imports from Asia. The weaker demand environment resulted in a protracted contracting season and year-over-year price reductions for carbon black in western regions and a loss of volumes in Europe. According to Ke

On January 27, Circtec held the opening ceremony for Phase 1 of its end-of-life tyre pyrolysis recycling facility at Delfzijl, the Netherlands. The plant is now in operation, recycling 50,000 tons of waste tyres per year into sustainable raw materials. The ceremony was attended by King Willem-Alexander, who officially commenced plant operations by feeding waste tyres into the recycling process himself. Other attendees included the Netherlands Deputy Prime Minister and Minist