Orion Engineered Carbons SA

Orion Engineered Carbons SA Overview

Company Headquarters: London, UK

Founded: 2011

Workforce: ~1,475

Company Working: Orion Engineered Carbons SA is a leading global manufacturer & supplier of carbon black, a solid form of carbon manufactured as pellets or powder. The company has two business segments: rubber carbon black and specialty carbon black. It offers specialty carbon black for various applications in coating systems, polymers, printing systems, and special applications such as battery, ceramics, foundry, non-woven, and graphite molded parts. It has four innovative centers in three regions: Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific. Also, it has 14 manufacturing facilities present worldwide. The company has a major presence in Germany, the United States, South Korea, China, Brazil, and South Africa, and Germany holds the dominant market share in terms of revenue.

Strategy

Orion Engineered Carbons SA is a carbon black specialist with a group of passionate people of carbon black. The company’s passion is founded on being responsible for both capital and natural resources. The company is working towards a sustainable path to reduce carbon emissions and enable businesses to transition to a low-carbon economy. In a long long, it is working towards three core megatrends as a strategy: decarbonization, circulatory economy, and electrification. The company has been awarded the Gold Medal by EcoVadis, one of the world's most trusted sustainability ratings in 2022, and the Gold Medal placed Orion among the top 3% of companies assessed by EcoVadis. Also, it is focusing on the global expansion of production facilities to meet the increasing demand for carbon black, especially in Asia-pacific, Europe, and North America

Company Snapshot

$1,476.4M

Revenue

1,475

Employees

2011

Founded

London, UK

Headquarters

SWOT Analysis

Strengths

Decentralized manufacturing facility
Strong product portfolio

Weaknesses

Increased risk due to over-reliance on suppliers

Opportunities

Optimizing product portfolio to meet high-end applications
Surge in expansion of manufacturing facilities

Threats

Changes in economic, political, and trade regulations
Exchange rate fluctuation

Key Developments

Date	Approach	Development
May 2022	Expansion	Orion Engineered Carbons SA, is expanding its gas black at plants in Dortmund, Germany, and aims to complete it by early 2023. The expansion of gas black in Germany is a core strategy to strengthen leadership in the premium specialty market.
May 2022	Expansion	Orion Engineered Carbons planned to build an acetylene-based conductive additives plant in the United States. The company will invest between USD 120 million to USD 140 million to increase the conductive additives capacity by approximately 12 kilotons per year. The plant is expected into operation in the second half of 2024.
March 2022	Expansion	Orion Engineered Carbons (Luxembourg) has opened a new carbon-black production line and started commercial sales at Ravenna in Northern Italy. The new production line, with a production capacity of 25,000 metric tons per year, produces both specialty and technical rubber carbon blacks, primarily for the European market.
August 2021	Expansion	Orion Engineered Carbons began the construction of its second manufacturing site in Huaibei, China, for specialty and high-performance carbon black and expected its operation in 2023. The new plant will have a production capacity of 65-70 kilotons per year of carbon black. This expansion will positions the company's growth, enabling it to meet the rising demand for carbon black in the Asia-Pacific region

Product Offering

Orion Engineered Carbons SA
- Specialty Carbon Black

Financial Performance

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