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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

Cabot Corporation announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with DUNLOP (Sumitomo Rubber Industries) to evaluate the commercial adoption of circular reinforcing carbons made with Cabot’s regenerated carbon technology. These materials are part of Cabot’s EVOLVE Sustainable Solutions and incorporate reclaimed carbon derived from the pyrolysis of end-of-life tires. Sumitomo is evaluating the circular reinforcing carbons as sustainable raw materials for it

Smithers has announced that the Carbon Black World 2026 conference will be held in Shanghai, China on April 22-23, 2026. The conference will be a hybrid in-person/virtual event. The Carbon Black World conference is held every year; this year it was held in Fort Worth, Texas. It brings together people from leading tire, MRG, carbon black, feedstock, and equipment companies for what is always a terrific meeting. And don't forget the Recovered Carbon Black Europe conference, be

Tokai Carbon recently achieved two major milestones in Thailand. The company: Completed the acquisition of the former Bridgestone carbon...

Birla Carbon today announced it will highlight the Continua line of sustainable carbonaceous materials produced from recycled tires at...

Cabot Corporation announced this week that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Mexico Carbon Manufacturing S.A. de...

PCBL Chemical Limited has begun trial production for the first phase of a brownfield expansion at its carbon black plant in Chennai,...

Orion S.A. announced today it plans to discontinue production at three to five of its carbon black lines at multiple facilities in the...

Bridgestone Corporation announced today that it has entered into an agreement to sell Bridgestone Carbon Black (Thailand) Co., Ltd....

Semafor is reporting that the US Department of Energy plans to cancel seven major loans and loan guarantees that were conditionally...

Orion S.A. recently announced a long-term supply agreement with Poland-based Contec S.A. under which Contec will supply tire pyrolysis...

One of the carbon black industry's premier conferences is coming next week to Kolkata, Carbon Black 2024 Perspectives in Asia Pacific ....

2024 is proving to be especially busy year for carbon black conferences. In May, the Carbon Black World conference was held in Vienna,...

This week, Circtec announced an eight-year offtake agreement for Circtec's proprietary Hevea Upgraded Pyrolysis Advanced (HUPA) renewable...

Notch will join the discussion for a new webinar, Recovered Carbon Black for Bankers & Investors. The time is Tuesday, January 24 at 8 AM...

On Tuesday, Continental Carbon Company issued a letter to customers, employees, and partners announcing the closure of the company’s...

The Environmental Protection Agency and the US Department of Justice have ruled that no extension or grace period will be granted to...

On October 6, Cabot Corporation announced it will raise prices globally for carbon black products sold by its specialty carbons business....