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Columbian Chemicals expanding carbon black capacity & adding cogen at Hamilton, Ontario
Columbian Chemicals, a division of Birla Carbon, today announced an expansion for its carbon black plant in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....
Notch
Feb 14, 20121 min read
Cabot carbon black chosen for auto paint
Taiwan-based Halsan Paint & Color has chosen Cabot’s EMPEROR 1800 carbon black for its next-generation black automotive coatings, which...
Notch
Feb 9, 20121 min read
PCBL reports 35% decline in profits; cites Chinese imports
Phillips Carbon Black, India’s largest carbon black maker, reported a fall of 35% in its net profit at Rs 19.64 crore during the third...
Notch
Feb 9, 20121 min read
Chinese carbon black delegates visit India
European Rubber Journal (subscription required) reports that a delegation from China’s carbon black industry visited India from 13-19...
Notch
Feb 9, 20122 min read
Mitas produces first tire in Iowa
Farm and industrial tyre manufacturer Mitas Tires North America Inc. has cured its first test tyre at its new plant in Charles City,...
Notch
Jan 26, 20121 min read
Cabot introduces Transfinity masterbatches
On January 9, 2012, Cabot Corp. announced the launch of Transfinity™ elastomer composites for vibration isolation components in the...
Notch
Jan 24, 20121 min read
Cabot completes sale of Supermetals business
On January 23, 2012, Cabot Corporation announced it had closed on the sale of its Supermetals Business to Global Advanced Metals. “We are...
Notch
Jan 24, 20121 min read
Columbian Chemicals expanding carbon black capacity in Europe
On Monday, January 23, 2012, Columbian Chemicals announced an expansion project for its carbon black capacity in Europe. The project will...
Notch
Jan 23, 20121 min read
Orion expanding carbon black capacity in Korea
Orion Engineered Carbons GmbH is building a fifth production unit for tread blacks at its plant in Yeosu, South Kore, adding 36 KT by May...
Notch
Jan 17, 20121 min read
Conti Expands Truck Tread Capacity in Mexico
Last week, Continental Tire announced plans to double plant size and more than triple capacity at its ContiLifeCycle tread rubber...
Notch
Jan 8, 20121 min read
Orion Engineered Carbons updates names of subsidiaries, acquires full ownership of South African pla
Orion Engineered Carbons was formed in last year from the former Evonik Carbon Black business of Evonik Industries. The new name was...
Notch
Jan 5, 20121 min read
India initiates antidumping investigation into Chinese carbon black imports
On December 18, 2011, the Indian government announced its decision to investigate whether the increased import of carbon black from China...
Notch
Dec 21, 20111 min read
Cabot moving masterbatch facility from Hong Kong to Tianjin
Cabot has announced that it will close its Hong Kong masterbatch plant on March 31, 2012, and move the production to its new facility in...
Notch
Dec 21, 20111 min read
Cancarb expands thermal black distribution deal with Nordmann, Rassman to Czech Republic & Slova
On December 12, Canada’s Cancarb Limited, which is the world’s leading producer of thermal black, and Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH (NRC)...
Notch
Dec 12, 20111 min read
RMA lowers estimate for US tire shipments
2011 TIRE SHIPMENTS TO GROW NEARLY ONE PERCENT Two percent increase anticipated for 2012 WASHINGTON, D.C., December 2, 2011 – The Rubber...
Notch
Dec 6, 20113 min read
Continental Carbon Australia to shut carbon black plant
On December 5, Koppers Holdings Inc. announced that it would cease manufacturing operations at its Continental Carbon Australia carbon...
Notch
Dec 5, 20111 min read
Reflections on Singapore
The Carbon Black 2011 Conference in Asia Pacific conference concluded on Friday, and Notch was honored to deliver one of the conference’s...
Notch
Nov 21, 20112 min read
New carbon black plant in Abu Dhabi to produce specialty grades
The Carbon Black 2011 Conference in Asia Pacific, which just concluded in Singapore, included a talk by Alberto De Amicis of Eurotecnica...
Notch
Nov 21, 20112 min read
Cabot adds graphenes to product line
On November 1, 2011, Cabot Corporation announced the addition of graphene technology to its portfolio. These emerging performance...
Notch
Nov 11, 20111 min read
The long road to a settlement
NPR has published an article chronicling the long legal battle between residents of Ponca City, Oklahoma and the Continental Carbon...
Notch
Nov 11, 20111 min read