Carbon black supplier Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire acetylene carbon black manufacturer Société du Noir d'Acétylène de l'Aubette, SAS.
Birla Carbon Spain, the carbon black manufacturer in the Iberian Peninsula, announced an investment of €5 million towards sustainability and energy efficiency projects, to increase its production from 80,000 to 95,000 tons per year.
Himadri Carbon Black has chosen Terra Firma Co. as its exclusive distributor for select end-use markets in the Northeast, Southeast and Southwest United States.
To overcome the drawbacks of powdered carbon blacks, Orion Engineered Carbons is developing carbon black-based pigment preparations that facilitate, and in many cases eliminate, the dispersion step.
