Orion Engineered Carbons’ principal owners, private-equity firms Rhône Group and Triton Advisors, are exploring the potential for an initial public offering of stock of the company.
The increasing demands of OEM and industrial coatings fuel the need for high-performance pigments that are also compatible with a broad range of coatings formulations.
Carbon black manufacturer Cabot Corp., Boston, has agreed to pay a $975,000 civil penalty and spend an estimated $84 million on technology to control air pollution, resolving alleged violations of the New Source Review (NSR) provisions of the Clean Air Act (CAA) at its three facilities in the towns of Franklin and Ville Platte, LA, and Pampa, TX.
Following a review of its European carbon black operations, Orion Engineered Carbons GmbH will stop production at its Sines, Portugal, facility by the end of 2013.
Specialty chemicals distributor Azelis, Antwerp, Belgium, announced a new distribution agreement to offer carbon black pigments from leading Indian manufacturer, Phillips Carbon Black Ltd.