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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notch Consulting has published a new annual edition of the Carbon Black World Data Book, the most widely read and referenced report on...

Tokai Carbon CB (Fort Worth, Texas), the largest carbon black company in the US, announced today that it has reached several...