Degussa GmbH has doubled its production plant capacity for carbon black in Paulinia, Brazil, to 100,000 tpa, augmenting its position as the world's second largest manufacturer of carbon black with an approximate production of 1.4 mln tpa. Degussa's total investment outly in Brazil is now at a total of €65 million (US$85 mln).
Brazil is a core market for the Advanced Fillers & Pigments Business Unit, which is responsible within Degussa for global business with rubber additives and carbon black pigments. In the Brazilian market, around 90% of the demand for carbon black comes from the tire and technical rubber articles industry, and 10% is used as pigment in plastics, dyes, enamels and print inks.
28-Jun-07 
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