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Paul Ita

Jun 18, 2021
1 min

Birla Carbon recognized for plant safety

On June 14, the International Carbon Black Association (ICBA) awarded certificates of recognition to 12 Birla Carbon sites for achieving...

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Paul Ita

Jun 18, 2021
1 min

Carbon Black

Orion Engineered Carbons launches renewable carbon black for tires

Orion Engineered Carbons has announced the commercial launch of ECORAX® Nature, a new family of products developed for rubber...

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Paul Ita

Jun 14, 2021
1 min

Carbon Black

Scandinavian Enviro Systems plans tire recycling plant in Sweden

Scandinavian Enviro Systems AB recently announced plans for the construction of a major waste tire recycling facility in Sweden that the...

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Paul Ita

Jun 14, 2021
1 min

Carbon Black

Michelin introduces two sustainability products at Movin’On summit, including racing tire with

At the 2021 Movin’On global sustainable mobility summit, Michelin introduced two innovations related to sustainability. The first...

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Paul Ita

Jun 14, 2021
1 min

Carbon Black

Monolith Materials receives additional investments

Monolith Materials (Lincoln, NE) has announced new investments to support its growth in the areas of carbon black and clean hydrogen. The...

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Paul Ita

Jun 4, 2021
2 min

Carbon Black

Cabot raising carbon black prices and adding feedstock surcharge

On June 1, Cabot Corporation announced a price increase for all carbon black products sold by its Reinforcement Materials segment in the...

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Paul Ita

Jun 3, 2021
1 min

Carbon Black

Birla Carbon raising carbon black prices in Americas

On June 3, Birla Carbon (Marietta, GA) announced a price increase for all products produced in the Americas by US$170/ton. All shipments...

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Paul Ita

Jun 2, 2021
1 min

Carbon Black

European Carbon Black Summit postponed until 2022

The European Carbon Black Summit scheduled for June 23-24, 2021 in Frankfurt, Germany has been postponed until June 2022 due to...

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Paul Ita

May 25, 2021
2 min

Carbon Black

Birla Carbon and Circtec team up to introduce new carbon black line based on recovered material

On May 25, Birla Carbon (Mumbai, India & Marietta, GA) and Circtec, a leader in pyrolysis technology based in the UK, signed a long-term...

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Paul Ita

May 18, 2021
1 min

Carbon Black

Orion raising specialty black prices

Last week, Orion Engineered Carbons announced it will raise pricing for its specialty carbon black products by up to 20 percent globally,...

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Paul Ita

Apr 26, 2021
1 min

Carbon Black

Carbon Black Asia Pacific conference postponed until 2022

The Carbon Black: Perspective in Asia Pacific conference originally scheduled to be held in Singapore from October 27-29, 2021 has been...

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Paul Ita

Mar 12, 2021
1 min

Carbon Black

Birla Carbon raising specialty black prices

On March 11, Birla Carbon (Mumbai, India & Marietta, GA) announced an increase in specialty black prices. The worldwide price increase of...

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Paul Ita

Mar 4, 2021
1 min

Carbon Black

Carbon Black Asia Webinar coming next week

Notch is participating in a webinar scheduled for Wednesday, March 10. The webinar will consist of three presentations covering the...

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Paul Ita

Feb 22, 2021
1 min

Carbon Black

Cancarb completes thermal black expansion

Cancarb Limited announced today the completion and successful commissioning of the sixth unit at its thermal carbon black production...

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Paul Ita

Feb 16, 2021
1 min

Carbon Black

BKT expanding capacity for tires and carbon black in India

Balkrishna Industries Ltd. has announced a capital investment plan valued at $257 million that will increase capacity for OTR tires and...

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Paul Ita

Feb 16, 2021
1 min

Silica

Sumitomo expanding tire capacity in NY, Thailand, and Japan

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (Kobe, Japan) plans to invest $122 million over three years to increase capacity for passenger car, light...

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Paul Ita

Feb 7, 2021
1 min

Carbon Black

Linglong’s Serbian tire plant attracts EU environmental scrutiny

Shandong Linglong Tire Co.’s new tire plant in Zrenjanin, Serbia is attracting new environmental scrutiny as 26 members of the European...

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Paul Ita

Feb 7, 2021
1 min

Carbon Black

Orion raises acetylene black prices

Orion Engineered Carbons announced on Friday that it will increase pricing for acetylene black by 20 percent globally on March 1st, 2021,...

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Paul Ita

Feb 3, 2021
1 min

Carbon Black

Balkrishna Industries launches website for its carbon black business

Balkrishna Industries, a leading Indian producer of specialty and off-road tires, recently expanded into carbon black production through...

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Paul Ita

Feb 3, 2021
1 min

Carbon Black

Nokian Tyres to introduce tire made entirely from eco-friendly materials by 2025

On January 28, Nokian Tyres announced a plan to introduce a concept tire made entirely from renewable and recycled materials by 2025. In...

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