Degussa To Expand Carbon Black Capacity In Brazil

Dusseldorf based, Degussa AG has announced that it will increase the capacity of its carbon black plant in Paulinia, Brazil, to 100,000 tonnes per year. The company first announced this project in September 2004. Now that the management board has approved the plans, the way is clear for work to start immediately.

The growth of the Brazilian carbon black market and a favourable customer response has prompted Degussa to double the present capacity. The company reports that an application for the necessary operating license has already been filed with the environmental authorities.

Degussa entered the Brazilian carbon black market two years ago in Paulinia when it set up a new production plant, which uses the latest technology to assure both the efficiency of the processes involved and world-class standards in environmental protection. Degussa has18 production plants worldwide and claims to be the only company offering the three reinforcing components needed to manufacture the ecologically friendly “Green Tire” – carbon black, performance silica and rubber silane – from a single source.