The Notch Blog

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....

Notch Consulting has published a new multi-client market research report, World Specialty Blacks 2022, which covers the global market for...

Tokai Carbon CB will raise prices on all grades of carbon black in North America by $0.20/lb effective August 1, 2022. The company said...

Notch Consulting is presenting a paper at the European Carbon Black Summit being held this week (June 22/23) in Frankfurt. The paper —...

On May 25, Orion Engineered Carbons announced that it will complete its gas black expansion in Germany at plants in Dortmund and Cologne...