European Carbon Black Summit 2025

• Expert-Led Discussions: Insights from leading producers, technology developers, and end-users shaping the future of the carbon black industry.
• In-Depth Sessions: Comprehensive presentations on market dynamics, supply chain resilience, and the evolving role of virgin and recovered carbon black.
• Policy and Regulation Focus: Analysis of key European and global regulations impacting carbon black production, recycling, and sustainability targets.
• Interactive Panels: Engage with experts on topics like decarbonization pathways, raw material sourcing, and balancing virgin and recovered carbon black strategies.
• Networking Opportunities: Connect with senior executives across the carbon black, automotive, rubber, plastics, and packaging industries.
• Cutting-Edge Innovations: Discover advancements in pyrolysis technologies, smart packaging solutions, and alternative feedstocks for carbon black production.
• Global and Regional Perspectives: Explore international trade dynamics, geopolitical influences, and Europe’s competitive positioning in a changing global market.
• Collaboration Platforms: Learn how partnerships across the value chain are driving innovation in production, recycling, and raw material sourcing.
• Real-World Case Studies: Gain insights from industry leaders on adapting to economic uncertainty, shifting automotive trends, and scaling sustainable practices.
• Future-Proofing Strategies: Understand how the carbon black sector is preparing for market volatility, supply chain disruptions, and increasing sustainability demands.
• Specialty Applications Focus: Explore opportunities in emerging markets like conductive blacks for batteries, electronics, and industrial applications.
• Solutions-Oriented Agenda: Leave with actionable strategies to overcome current market disruptions and position for long-term growth.

• Global market outlook and regional disruptions impacting supply and demand
• Strategies for mitigating feedstock volatility and securing raw material supply
• The impact of the automotive sector slowdown on carbon black demand
• Evolving policy, regulatory, and trade frameworks shaping the industry
• Advancements in pyrolysis and scaling recovered carbon black (rCB)
• Quality, consistency, and performance challenges for rCB products
• Innovations in packaging for improved handling, safety, and efficiency
• End-user perspectives from tire, rubber, plastics, and specialty markets
• Bridging the gap between virgin and recovered carbon black
• Investment priorities and commercial opportunities in emerging applications
• Sustainability strategies and the role of carbon black in circular value chains
• Collaborations and partnerships driving technological and market transformation

• CEOs of Carbon Black Companies
• Directors of Research & Development of Carbon Black Companies
• Suppliers of Carbon Black
• Feedstock/Business Development Managers
• Marketing Managers
• Consultants from Carbon Black Businesses
• Senior Representatives of Tyre Industry/Tyre Manufacturers
• Regulatory and Government Policy Makers

• Chairman: Ad van Oorschot, Sustainability Technology Process Expert, Orion Engineered Carbons
• Jesse Klinkhamer, CEO, Klean Industries
• Richard Chiari, Independent Expert, Independent
• Henrik Johns, Sales Director, Premier Tech
• Tommi Pajala, COO, Ecomation Oy
• Jiri Brejcha, Principal Consultant, Brejcha Rubber Consulting
• Shradha Bhatnagar, VP Government Affairs EMEA, Cabot Corporation
• Giampaolo Brioschi, Group R&D Director, Marangoni SpA
• Wim Van den Broeck, Director of Project Development, Bolder Industries
• Mathias Asplund, CEO, AnVa Polytech
• Kousik Kumar Mishra, Director- Technology, Innovation and Sustainability, Trelleborg Marine & Infrastructure
• Adam McCarthy, Secretary General, Tyres Europe
• Henrik Johns, Sales Director – Industrial, Premier Tech
• Surya Parameswaran, Material Development Manager, Datwyler
• Leo Benes, Global Laboratory Director, Fritsch

If you would like to be considered as a speaker for the event with a 30-45 minute presentation, please submit an abstract for consideration to:

Taylor Hamilton

Tel: +44 (0)20 3141 0627

Email: [email protected]  

HAVER & BOECKER are pioneers in holistic bulk and liquid management and innovative industrial fabric solutions.

As a powerful family of technology brands and experts, they have been developing, producing and distributing high-tech fabric products, machine and plant technologies, as well as services and digital solutions for customers across all industries that aspire to technological market leadership since 1887.

In this way, HAVER & BOECKER enables producers to develop highly efficient, high-performance, safe, profitable, and sustainable products, optimize processes, and bring a unique fascination to collaborative engineering.

www.haverboecker.com

Easy working. Great results.

Leading instruments for milling and sizing made in Germany

FRITSCH has been developing and producing state-of-the-art instruments for grinding and analysing sample material in laboratories, R&D and quality control since 1920. With all the strengths of a modern, globally active family business from the German SME sector.

FRITSCH instruments are in used around the globe. This is backed by a worldwide network of more than 125 FRITSCH subsidiaries and sales partners. With in-depth application technology knowledge from its own laboratory, FRITSCH helps users in a wide range of industries to achieve the best possible comminution, analysis and processing of their material samples.

FRITSCH innovations have set standards in the industry and we are always looking for a better way to achieve precise results more easily. This is how FRITSCH contributes to the quality and progress of its customers worldwide. And ensures that they always feel they are in good hands with application technology advice and technical support.”

www.fritsch-international.com

Premier Tech Systems and Automation – entering the market with the CHRONOS product line – is your go-to partner for innovative bagging, palletizing, and load securing solutions. We focus on delivering top-notch efficiency, accuracy, reliability, and performance with our range of products, including open-mouth and valve baggers, FFS systems and bulk bag fillers. Our portfolio also includes both conventional and robotic palletizers, as well as stretch hood systems.

Each solution is customized and turnkey-designed specifically for the food, feed, and chemical industries (eg. carbon black, fumed silica, …). As world leaders in the manufacturing of packaging and processing equipment we have our global HQ in Canada whereas the EMEA Office is located in the South of the Netherlands (Eersel).

 www.ptchronos.com

Recovered Carbon Black & Carbon Black Processing

Hosokawa Micron Group – Innovative Technologies for Sustainable Performance

Hosokawa Micron Group is a global technology leader in powder processing, offering complete, energy-efficient systems for the production and refinement of both recovered and virgin carbon black. With decades of experience and a worldwide network of engineering, manufacturing, and service facilities, we provide tailor-made solutions from a single source.

Our advanced milling, classification, pelletising, and drying technologies ensure precise particle size control, minimal grit content, and consistent product quality – from laboratory scale to full production plants. Whether fine grinding with jet or classifier mills or continuous pelletising and fluidised bed drying, every Hosokawa solution combines efficiency, reliability, and process stability.

Through extensive testing in our international test centres, we design systems optimised for specific customer requirements, guaranteeing high performance and reproducibility. Trusted by leading carbon black and recovered carbon black producers worldwide, the Hosokawa Micron Group stands for innovation, quality, and sustainable process technology – shaping the future of circular carbon materials.

https://www.hosokawa-alpine.com/

https://hosokawa-micron-bv.com/

ACI has put together a range of packages to suit your requirements. These range from branding options, to full scale partner solutions and can be tailored to meet your objectives and budgets.

If you are launching a new product or service and wish to gain visibility and brand recognition within your industry, contact us today!

For commercial opportunities, please contact:

Venkat Paramasivam

Tel: +44 20 3141 0620

Email: [email protected]

Chemical Industry Digest, published by Blockdale Media LLP is India’s leading chemical and engineering monthly and online platform which is read by engineers, scientists and technical personnel from top management to plant levels.  Industry coverage: oil & gas, refineries, petrochemicals, fertilizers and other agrochemicals to all downstream like drugs & pharma, other  fine chemicals, colorants etc apart from EPC & equipment  companies.

Features articles and write-ups on current developments, state – of – the – art technologies, process improvements, equipment design and operation, chemical plant engineering and operations, maintenance, energy management, environment and safety.  Additionally, there are news features, company and people profiles, interviews, in fact a diversity of features making the journal very interesting and readable.

Chemical Industry Digest is particularly known for its qualitative content with practical relevance for readers in process industries.  Also organizes workshops conferences on operational topics of the chemical industry like Mixing, Separations, Energy Management etc. Those who want to promote their products and services in India can reach a targeted top level technical audience who influence decisions, through Chemical Industry Digest.

Visit us – https://chemindigest.com

NOBLENET

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NobleNet^SM is a specialist professional network for people in connected Science and Technology based industries including Energy, Resources, Chemicals, Materials, Biosciences, Food, Environmental, Manufacturing, Digital Technology and more. Please join us if you have interest in these sectors. Membership is free.

The Institute for International Co-operation (INICOP) is a non-profit organisation. The main aim is to improve and support the worldwide co-operation of single persons and organisations in the field of research, science and technology. INICOP provides a webbased platform which summarises relevant information improving international co-operation. This shall be achieved by the collection of the following data:

• events, conferences, fairs and workshops
• instruments for the funding of international co-operation
• Awards and competitions
• organisations which are interested in the exchange of scientists, students, etc.

http://www.inicop.org/

ASD Media is an online media company. We provide professionals in dedicated markets with news, intelligence, and interaction opportunities. During the last five years we developed dedicated websites for events, reports, news distribution and source data, and changed the name of the ASD-Network to ASDNews to emphasize the news focus.

http://www.asdmedia.nl/

Weibold is a consultancy company specializing in the tire recycling and pyrolysis industries. For more than 20 years our company has worked in close relationship, under advisory and sales support agreements, with investors from all around the world, to help them invest in new tire recycling and pyrolysis factories or upgrade their existing projects.

https://www.weibold.com/

At the event we strive not only to bring you to the same location at the same time as your customers/suppliers/peers, we strive to ensure you meet face-to-face with each and every one of your target contacts and to provide you with the time you need to have multiple unhurried conversations with them and build a lasting business relationship:

• A pre-event informal introduction the evening before the conference
• A minimum of five hours’ networking built into the two day conference agenda
• A networking grid which enables you to make your target contacts aware you are looking for them
• The option to join either social drinks or dinner during the evening of Day One
• ACI’s on-site team will assist you in locating your hard-to-find target contacts & make face-to-face introductions

Of course, if there is anybody you are unable to meet over the two days, ACI’s event team will do their best to initiate contact after the event.