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Birla Carbon: ISCC Plus Certification for US and Korean Plants  Link...

Birla Carbon's plants in Hickok, USA and Yeosu (South Korea) have secured ISCC Plus certification, this follows certification of Birla's Trecate, Italy plant last year.

Birla Carbon is actively pursuing ISCC PLUS certification for several other global plants. The certification process for two units in Brazil and three units in India, Spain, Egypt, and Hungary is underway, with the remaining sites slated for completion through the remainder of CY 2024.

Birla Carbon: Announces New Greenfield Expansions in India and Thailand  Link...

Birla Carbon has announced that it will build two new manufacturing plants to support the fast growing markets of India and Southeast Asia. The plants will be built in Niadupet, Andhra Pradesh, India and Rayong, Thailand and will both have an intitial capacity of 120 kMT to be operational in 2025 with potential future expansions to 240 kMT.

Previously announced brownfield expansion plans in Hungary, as well as, the post treatment facility expanding Specialty capacity at Patalganga, India, are progressing on plan.

Birla Carbon: Acquires Nanocyl  Link...

Birla Caron has completed the acquisition of Nanocyl SA, a worldwide leader in multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT’s) based in Sambreville, Belgium. The acquisition expands Birla Carbon’s presence in the Energy Systems market, with a focus on material critical to Lithium Ion battery performance along with other conductive applications. Nanocyl’s advanced MWCNTs enhances Birla's range of solutions for conductive applications, joining Birla's Conductex™ family of carbon black additives and active anode materials

Birla Carbon: Announces Major Global Growth Plans  Link...

Birla Carbon has announced an additional 200 kMT capacity expansion across key markets covering Europe, India and China in support of rubber and speciality applications with completion expected by end of 2024.

The expansions include 80 kMT in India, 40 kMT in Hungary and 80 kMT in China with added capacity for surface treatment of high-value speciality materials in India.

Birla Carbon: Increasing North American Carbon Black Prices  Link...

Birla Carbon is increasing the price of all carbon black products manufactured in North America by 15% effective 1st July 2022. The price increase is due to increasing costs for materials, freight, logistics and operations.

Birla Carbon: Increasing Speciality Carbon Black Prices Globally  Link...

Birla Caron is increasing global prices for its speciality carbon blacks effective December 1, 2021. The price adjustments are required due to a steady rise in raw materials, freight, logistics and overall operations.

Birla Carbon: Price Increases for Americas  Link...

Birla Carbon is increasing prices for all products produced in the Americas by 170 USD/MT effective July 1st 2021.

Birla Carbon: Partnering with Circtec for Sustainability  Link...

Birla Carbon and Circtec have signed a long-term supply agreement for sustainable carbonaceous materials. Birla Carbon will use its position in the global market to commercialise this sustainability solution to its customers worldwide.

Cirtec has developed pyrolysis technology for the production of renewable fuels from end-of-life tires and has moved its proprietary process to commercial scale over the last decade. Cirtec is now setting up a flagship production plant in the Netherlands to support this partnership. The plant is expected to go into production at the end of 2022. Over the next five years the plant will ramp up production capacity to 73 kMTpa of sustainable carbon based products.

Birla Carbon: Introduces CONTINUA™ Sustainable Carbonaceous Solutions  Link...

Birla Carbon introduces CONTINUA™ a first-of-its-kind sustainable carbonaceous material representing a ground-breaking step forward in the availability and know-how of sustainable solutions in the carbon black industry.

Over the next five years, 73k MT of Continua will be available annually for use in a wide range of applications including tires, mechanical rubber goods, plastics and others. A Life Cycle Assessment conducted according to ISO 14040 and ISO 14044, demonstrates that, at full capacity, 228,000 tonnes of direct and indirect CO2 emissions will be eliminated on an annual basis when compared to the conventional carbon black process.

Birla Carbon: EMEA Price Changes  Link...

Birla Carbon is increasing the price for all products produced in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region by Euro 97/MT effective June 1, 2021. All shipments made on or after this date are subject to the price increase.

Reasons for the price increase include additional costs for freight, logistics, operations and increasing CO2 emissions costs.

Birla Carbon: Increasing Speciality Carbon Black Prices Globally  Link...

Birla Carbon is increasing speciality carbon black prices globally by up to 9% effective 19 April 2021.

Birla Carbon: Signs Strategic Partnership with CHASM Advanced Materials  Link...

The joing development agreement signed in Novemer 2019 has progressed to a strategic partnership to commercialise novel nanomaterials to benefi various market segments including HP tires, conductive plastics, novel coatings and next generation batteries.

Since formalizing the agreement both companies have jointly overcome technical hurdles to advance NTeC technology from lab-scale feasibility to a repeatable and scalable pilot-scale process capable of producing kilogram-scale quantities of a variety of NTeC compositions.

Birla Carbon: Restructuring to Global Functional Organisation  Link...

Birla Carbon is transitioning to a global functional organization from one which previously operated in five global geographic regions having responsibility for all business operations.

The changes are intended to bring additional customer focus leading to greater innovation and partnerships.

Birla Carbon: and GranBio Introduce Nanocellulose Dispersion Composite (NDC™) Masterbatch   Link...

Birla Carbon and GranBio Technologies have announced the introduction of their patent-pending NDC™ rubber masterbatch for qualification by tire and rubber companies. The NDC™ masterbatch is the result of a three-year Joint Development Program between the two companies designed to address growing sustainability demands from the tire industry both in terms of improving tire rolling resistance and vehicle fuel economy through enabling the incorporation of sustainable, bio-derived nanocellulose into commercial rubber compounds.

The NDC™ masterbatch overcomes traditional dispersion challenges by combining several synergistic innovations including GranBio’s patented hydrophobic form of nanocellulose. The breakthrough in nanocellulose technology for rubber compounds provides many advantages and benefits for the rubber compounder including easy dispersing, convenient, dust-free handling and integration into formulations along with increased use of renewable raw materials and improvements in fuel economy.

Birla Carbon: Forms Joint Development Agreement with CHASM Advanced Materials  Link...

Birla Carbon and CHASM Advanced Materials Inc. are joining forces to accelerate the discovery and development of novel nanomaterials for markets such as high-performance tires, novel coatings and next-generation batteries.

The joint development agreement allows the two companies to share research and engineering resources to develop and manufacture hybrid nanomaterials based on carbon substrates and carbon nanotubes. These hybrid nanomaterials combine CHASM’s nanotube enhanced carbon (NTeC) technology with Birla Carbon’s expertise in commercialization and manufacturing.

Birla Carbon: Increasing Specialty Carbon Black Prices in North America  Link...

Birla Carbon is increasing North American Speciality carbon black prices by 9% effective 1st September 2019. The price increases are due to increasing carbon black feedstock costs. In addition, a revised schedule of fees for non-standard package services is also being implemented at the same time.

Birla Carbon: Birla Carbon North America Price Index Change  Link...

Birla Carbon is changing all North American price formulas to use the USG 0.5S FO index effective 1st August 2019. The change is being driven by the upcoming IMO regulations which are having a signficant impact on carbon black feedstock pricing. Formulas for other regions will be adjusted based on individual region requirements.

Birla Carbon: North America Price Change Announcement  Link...

Birla Carbon will increase base prices for all carbon black markets in North America by $170/MT effective May 1st 2019. All shipments made on or after this date are subject to the price increase, with adjustments for customers with supply agreements being implemented as agreements are renewed.
This increase is required to cover the increasing cost of compliance with emission limits in the USA and the increasing cost of compliance elsewhere in North America.

Thai Carbon: 2018 Q3 Results  Link...

Thai Carbon: Sales up 21.7 percent, operating margin up 37.7 percent.

Thai Carbon report in one segment: Carbon Black. The results are consolidated for the Thai operation and also for the Birla Carbon plant in China. Currency values reported in: Millions of THB

Thai Carbon: 2018 Q2 Results  Link...

Thai Carbon report in one segment: Carbon Black. The results are consolidated for the Thai operation and also for the Birla Carbon plant in China. Currency values reported in: Millions of THB

Birla Carbon: Expanding Production in Spain  Link...

Birla Carbon has announced an investment at its Spanish which will raise capacity by 15 kMTpa. The expansion is expected to create new opportunities for high-end carbon black market applications (inks, plastics, coatings, speciality).

Thai Carbon: 2018 Q1 Results  Link...

Thai Carbon report in one segment: Carbon Black. The results are consolidated for the Thai operation and also for the Birla Carbon plant in China. Currency values reported in: Millions of THB

Birla Carbon: Announces Capacity Expansions Totalling 150 kMTpa  Link...

Birla Carbon has announced that it is expanding capacity by 150 kMTpa over the next 18 months. Projects include debottlenecking in Egypt and Italy, restarting a production line in Thailand and installation of new production lines in India.

Birla Carbon: Increasing Carbon Black Prices in Europe and Africa  Link...

Birla Carbon have announced price increases for all non-contract customers in Europe and Africa. All shipments of rubber grades post July 2018 will be subject to a 94 Euro/MT price increase, net of monthly price variation.

Thai Carbon: 2017 Q4 Results  Link...

Thai Carbon report in one segment: Carbon Black. The results are consolidated for the Thai operation and also for the Birla Carbon plant in China. Currency values reported in: Millions of THB

Thai Carbon: Q3 Results  Link...

Thai Carbon report in one segment: Carbon Black. The results are consolidated for the Thai operation and also for the Birla Carbon plant in China. Currency values reported in: Millions of THB

Birla: EPA Settlement with Columbian Chemicals Company  Link...

WASHINGTON (December 22, 2017) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced today a settlement resolving Clean Air Act claims by the United States and the states of Kansas and Louisiana against carbon black manufacturer Columbian Chemicals Company. Under the settlement, the company has agreed to install and operate state-of-the-art pollution control technologies to reduce emissions of harmful air pollutants. The estimated cost of additional emission controls amounts to $94 million with civil penalties of $650,000 and environmental mitigation projects of $375,000. The proposed settlement, lodged in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, is subject to a 30-day federal public comment period and a 45-day Louisiana public comment period and final court approval.

Birla: Birla Carbon Commences Operations at New Plant in Jining, China  Link...

Birla Carbon has inaugurated its new greenfield plant in Jining, China. Phase one of the plant has 120 kMTpa capacity. Birla consider the plant to be state-of-art with cogen facilities providing surplus energy to the local market as well as advanced SOx and NOx emission control. Birla state that direct CO2 emissions per MT product will be much lower than the industry benchmark.

Thai Carbon: 2016 Full Year Results  Link...

Thai Carbon report in one segment: Carbon Black. The results are consolidated for the Thai operation and also for the Birla Carbon plant in China.

Thai Carbon: THB Millions

Birla Carbon: Raising Prices in Europe and Africa  Link...

Effective July 1st, 2017, Birla Carbon is increasing carbon black prices in Europe and Africa region by EUR 70/MT, net of price monthly variation.

Birla: Announces Joint Development of Nanocellulose with American Process Inc  Link...

American Process Inc. (API) (Atlanta, GA) and Aditya Birla Group’s, Birla Carbon (Marietta, GA) recently signed a Joint Development Agreement to further explore the technical and business potential of combining carbon black and nanocellulose to improve the performance and sustainability profile of tires.

Birla: Columbian Chemicals Jining Co Ltd Completion Due Early 2017  Link...

Phase one of Birla's Columbian Chemical Jining greenfield plant is now due for completion early 2017.

Birla: Restructuring of Europe & Africa Region  Link...

Birla Carbon announces plans to restructure operations in the Europe & Africa Region. The plan includes the proposed closure of the Hannover, Germany plant; permanent closure of one production line in the Alexandria, Egypt plant; and a significant reduction of regional corporate personnel. Restructuring activities will begin immediately and are expected to be finalised by end of 2016.

Birla: Studying Energy Optimisation at Spanish Facility  Link...

Columbian Carbon Spain is looking at investing in the region of 10 million Euro in an energy optimisation project.

Birla: Announce Carbon Black Price Increases  Link...

Birla Carbon, effective globally as of October 1, 2015, will increase prices for all carbon blacks by up to 9% depending on the product. All shipments made on or after this date are subject to the price increase. This measure is necessary to ensure the sustainability of the business, and to make continued investment in processes and products possible.

Birla: Establishes a greenfield carbon black production plant in Shandong, China  Link...

Birla Carbon, part of the Aditya Birla Group, is one of the largest producers of carbon black globally with 17 plants. With the goal of continuing to grow its business, Birla Carbon proposes to establish a greenfield carbon black production plant, Columbian Chemicals (Jining), 5 km to the north of Jining City, Shandong province, China. The plant will be constructed in two phases i.e., phase 1 with a capacity of 120,000 ton per year expected to become operational in the middle of 2016, and phase 2 with an incremental capacity of 120,000 tons expected to come into operation 2-3 years after completion of phase 1.

Birla: Mothball Production Line 1  Link...

Per 2014 Annual Report: Production line 1 has been mothballed with a nett reduction in plant volume of 35 kMTpa.

Birla: Corporate Reconfiguration for Hi Tech Carbon  Link...

Aditya Birla Nuvo (ABD) has said in a stock exchange filing that it will sell its carbon black business, Hi Tech Carbon, to SKI Carbon Black (another company of the Aditya Birla Group) for about €203m. The move is aimed at reducing debt.

Birla: Columbian Chemicals Expanding European Capacity  Link...

Columbian Chemicals will expand capacity by 30kMTpa by debottlenecking in Santander and Tiszavarous. The additional capacity is expected on-stream in first quarter of 2012.

Birla: Plans to Augment Capacity at Indian Facilities  Link...

Birla Annual Report: The company is planning to augment capacity by a further 85 kMTpa at Patalganga in a second phase development as well as another facility in Southern India.

Birla: Acquire Columbian Chemical Company  Link...

Birla acquire Columbian Chemicals Company.