## Belgium: Timcal -carbon black Timcal (part of the Imerys group) has acquired the Willebroek carbon black plant of Erachem Comilog. The plant specialises in making carbon blacks for use in conductive plastics.
Thailand & China: Tokai – carbon black
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2005
- Weight
- 35 KB
- Volume
- 2005
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0969-6210
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✦ Synopsis
successfully commissioned last year and is now consistently achieving unit production costs that are as much as 50% below costs of similar facilities in the US or Europe. Elementis has also recently pushed through a 25% increase in chrome pigment prices. Hence, the company anticipates substantially improved profit margins on its chrome pigments business in 2005.
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