Effective Sept. 1, 2019, Birla Carbon will increase specialty carbon black prices in North America by 9%.

Effective Aug. 1, 2019, Birla Carbon changed all North America contract price formulas.

Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. announced that effective Sept. 1, 2019, or as contracts allow, the company will increase prices for rubber-grade carbon black and specialty-grade carbon black for all carbon black produced and sold in North America.

Birla Carbon has added a new product to its family of Raven carbon black products.

Carbon black supplier Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. will expand its production capacity for gas blacks at its plant in Cologne (Kalscheuren), Germany.

Carbon black supplier Orion Engineered Carbons has promoted Mahesh Panta to Technical Market Manager – Printing Inks, Batteries and Special Applications, Americas Region.

Effective May 1, 2019, Birla Carbon will increase base prices for all carbon black markets in North America by $170/MT.

Birla Carbon has been awarded a Gold level rating for sustainable practices, for the third consecutive year, by EcoVadis.

Orion Engineered Carbons has introduced an environmental compliance surcharge, or EPA surcharge, to its price agreements for all customers of products produced in North America for 2019.

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.