PCBL gains hybrid carbon black with graphene patent
India-based PCBL, which makes carbon black, has received a patent from the Indian Patent Office for its “hybrid carbon black grade comprising graphene.”
India-based PCBL, which makes carbon black, has received a patent from the Indian Patent Office for its “hybrid carbon black grade comprising graphene.”
Nokian Tyres and UPM, which produces biomaterials, are partnering to introduce what they say is “the first concept tyre made with a new renewable material with the potential to replace a significant part of the carbon black currently used in tyre production“.
LD Carbon has closed a $28 million Series C funding round led by Toyota’s growth fund, Woven Capital, with participation by Meritz Securities, Investwith, Industrial Bank of Korea, Hyundai Motor Group ZER01NE, Elohim Partners and New Main Capital. LD Carbon will use the investment to scale operations to recycle end-of-life tyres and material from end-of-life vehicles into recovered carbon black and pyrolysis oil through pyrolysis and material recovery technology. From here, the aim is to use the recovered materials to create new automotive parts and tyres. According to the company, “the investment will advance LD Carbon’s mission of accelerating the circular economy while delivering material cost and carbon savings to global customers”.
Four Birla Carbon plants – Cubatão and Camaçari in Brazil, Tiszaújváros in Hungary, and Alexandria in Egypt, have secured the ISCC Plus certification.
Orion S.A. is investing in Alpha Carbone, a French tyre recycling company. According to the announcement made in mid-May, the partnership will enable Alpha Carbone to scale up and produce commercial volumes of tyre pyrolysis oil and recovered carbon black.
Cabot Corporation is offering global customers a new carbon black product. This is Propel E8, an engineered reinforcing carbon black designed to “provide superior tread durability at low rolling resistance for high-performance tyre tread applications,” thereby addressing the challenges posed by heavier and torquier electric vehicles. The Propel E8 grade complements Cabot’s existing solutions within the Propel E series, which are also suitable for use in high-performance tyres.
Birla Carbon has announced new greenfield projects in India and Thailand. The facilities will be respectively located in Niadupet, Andhra Pradesh and Rayong and each will have an initial capacity of 120 kMT when they become operational in 2025. Birla Carbon will develop the sites with an eye to expanding both to 240 kMT in the future.
Birla Carbon celebrated the 65th anniversary of its Cubatão Plant in November 2023. Located in the state of São Paulo, 12 kilometres from the seaport city of Santos, the Cubatão plant has reportedly played a crucial role in Birla Carbon’s global operations.
Birla Carbon is celebrating the 65th anniversary of its Cubatão Plant. Located in São Paulo, Brazil, 12km from the seaport city of Santos, the plant is crucial to Birla Carbon’s global operations, contributing to the company’s position as a key player in the carbon black industry in the South American market, the company said.
Orion S.A. has celebrated the completion of its first greenfield project – a carbon black plant in eastern China that will supply fast-growing demand in Asia. The facility in the city of Huaibei in Anhui province will produce carbon black for a variety of applications, including rubber, polymers and fibres. The site’s two production lines have a total capacity of 70 kilotons per year.
Carbon black supplier, Birla Carbon has implemented Blue Yonder’s Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) digital technology. According to the company, the Blue Yonder solution was deployed at Birla Carbon through 2023, “revolutionizing key S&OP processes, including demand and supply planning in a dynamic world”. Birla Carbon engaged Ernst & Young, India (EY) as a transformation partner during the process.
Birla Carbon is participating at RubberTech China 2023 from 4 – 6 September 2023 at Shanghai New International Expo Center, Shanghai, China. Birla Carbon will exhibit at Hall N3, Booth 3B459.
GRI is increasing its use of Recycled Carbon Black (RCB) for compounding within its specialty tyre production in a bid to shift towards “sustainable practices, products, and eco-friendly solutions”.
Global carbon black supplier Birla Carbon will discuss the optimisation of adhesives and their production processes to reduce carbon footprint at the Adhesives & Bonding Expo (20-22 June, 2023; Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, Michigan, USA). Dr Reuben Correia, manager of new product development in the Adhesives & Inks division, will examine the evolving market dynamics and the imperative for sustainable innovation in Specialty Carbon Blacks. He will address opportunities and challenges in product development and environmental sustainability.
Nokian Tyres is taking part in a research project that aims to improve the quality and yield of recycled carbon black from end-of-life tyres, with the goal of using this material more extensively in tyre and rubber products. The two-year development project is coordinated by Windspace Group A/S and co-financed by government initiative the Danish Eco-Innovation Program.
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