The Notch Blog

Paul Ita

Feb 2, 2021
1 min

Monolith Materials hosting webinar on its novel approach to carbon black manufacturing

Monolith Materials, a new US producer of carbon black through a novel pyrolysis method that uses natural gas as a feedstock, will host a...

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Paul Ita

Jan 11, 2021
1 min

Carbon Black

Orion raises 4Q guidance on stronger volumes

Last week, Orion Engineered Carbons raised its fourth-quarter guidance for adjusted EBITDA earnings to a range of $64–67 million, up from...

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Paul Ita

Dec 17, 2020
1 min

Carbon Black

Orion adds cogen unit at Qingdao

Orion Engineered Carbons has completed a multi-year upgrade to its carbon black plant in Qingdao, China. The project included the...

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Paul Ita

Dec 1, 2020
1 min

Carbon Black

Mitsubishi invests in Monolith Materials for clean hydrogen production

Monolith Materials (Lincoln, Nebraska) has announced an investment from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America to support its innovative...

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Paul Ita

Nov 18, 2020
1 min

Carbon Black

Bolder Industries and Continental Carbon announce marketing agreement for recovered carbon black

Bolder Industries (Boulder, Colorado) and Continental Carbon Company (Houston, Texas) this week announced a co-marketing agreement to...

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Paul Ita

Nov 12, 2020
1 min

Carbon Black

Carbon Black China 2020 conference rescheduled for December

The Carbon Black China 2020 conference, originally scheduled for April and postponed due to COVID-19, has been rescheduled for December...

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Paul Ita

Oct 14, 2020
1 min

Carbon Black

Orion completes cogen upgrade at Borger, TX plant

On October 13, Orion Engineered Carbons announced the completion of a cogeneration project at its carbon black plant in Borger, Texas....

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Paul Ita

Oct 12, 2020
1 min

Carbon Black

Carbon Black World conference postponed to 2021

The Carbon Black World 2020 conference, which was originally scheduled to be held November 10-12, 2020 in Charlotte, North Carolina, has...

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Paul Ita

Sep 29, 2020
1 min

Carbon Black

Cabot raising specialty black prices worldwide

On September 28, 2020, Cabot Corporation announced that, effective November 1, 2020, or as customer contracts allow, the company will...

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Paul Ita

Sep 23, 2020
1 min

Carbon Black

Tire Tech Expo delayed until June 2021

Tire Technology Expo, originally scheduled to be held at the Deutsche Messe, Hannover in March 2021, has been rescheduled to June 8-10,...

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Paul Ita

Sep 20, 2020
1 min

Carbon Black

International Tar Association to hold free virtual conference this week

The International Tar Association (ITA) will hold a 2020 Virtual Conference on Tuesday, September 22nd at 7:45 am EST – 11:15 am EST....

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Paul Ita

Sep 18, 2020
1 min

Carbon Black

Bridgestone closing French tire plant in 2021

On September 16, Bridgestone Corporation announced plans to cease production at its 60-year-old passenger tire plant in Bethune, France...

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Paul Ita

Sep 15, 2020
1 min

Carbon Black

Tokai Carbon CB raising carbon black prices in the US

Effective October 1, or as customer contracts allow, Tokai Carbon CB Ltd. will increase prices for all carbon black products produced in...

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Paul Ita

Aug 31, 2020
1 min

Carbon Black

Further update on Hurricane Laura

As of 7 AM, Monday, August 31, here is the status of Orion Engineered Carbon’s two US plants affected by Hurricane Laura: Ivanhoe, LA We...

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Paul Ita

Aug 30, 2020
1 min

Carbon Black

Partial update on hurricane aftermath

As of Sunday night, Hurricane Laura had been downgraded to a Tropical Depression and was moving along the coast of Nova Scotia toward...

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Paul Ita

Aug 27, 2020
2 min

Carbon Black

Orion statement on hurricane status

On Monday, August 24, Orion Engineered Carbons issued the following statement to customers regarding preparations for the storms expected...

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Paul Ita

Aug 26, 2020
1 min

Conferences

Recovered Carbon Black Congress coming in September

Due to ongoing concerns about COVID-19, this year’s Recovered Carbon Black Congress will be an entirely virtual event. The conference...

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Hurricane Laura will hit US carbon black industry hard

Paul Ita

Aug 26, 2020
1 min

Carbon Black

Hurricane Laura will hit US carbon black industry hard

Hurricane Laura is expected to strengthen into a Category 4 storm and make landfall tonight or Thursday morning near the border of...

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Paul Ita

Aug 24, 2020
1 min

Carbon Black

Bridgestone to close tire plant in South Africa

Last week, Bridgestone announced a plan to close its bias tire manufacturing plant in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The closure is in...

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Paul Ita

Aug 20, 2020
2 min

Carbon Black

Phillips Carbon Black Limited successfully embeds technology

With a market presence in 35+ nations, Phillips Carbon Black Limited is India’s largest carbon black producer, with manufacturing...

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