Orion Engineered Carbons GmbH

Orion Engineered Carbons GmbH produces specialty carbon black in powder and pellet forms for industrial manufacturing. Its materials are used in tires, mechanical rubber goods, coating systems, printing inks, toner, polymers, textiles, plastic pipes, batteries and high-voltage cables. The company offers conductive additives and carbon black grades made through acetylene, furnace, gas and lamp black production technologies. Technical marketing managers provide advice and technical support to help customers select materials for individual application requirements in polymer, printing and coating production.

The business operates within Orion S.A., a global specialty chemicals company with 15 production facilities and four technical centers on three continents. Its corporate lineage extends more than 160 years to Germany, including operation of the world’s longest-running carbon black facility. Carbon black reinforces rubber, improves tire durability, provides UV protection for exposed products and supports electrical conductivity in lithium-ion batteries and high-voltage cables. The company also develops circular and renewable carbon black products, including ECORAX® Circular grades made using oil from end-of-life tires and ECORAX® Nature 200 based on bio-circular feedstocks. Its integrated EHSQ management system is certified to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015.