Established in 1994 with an initial capacity of 20,000 tpa, the company has since grown to 285,000 tpa capacity, making it the world's largest carbon black plant at a single location and the fastest-growing carbon black company in the world. ACB also has the distinction of operating the largest production line in the carbon black industry globally.

The company produces various grades of carbon black used mainly in the tyre and rubber industry. About 80 per cent of the world's carbon black production is utilised by the tyre industry. It is also used in the manufacture of inks, dyes, paints, cables and plastics.

The company, after meeting the complete domestic requirement, exports 95 per cent of its products to over 30 countries across the globe including the USA, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, among others. The company has established decanting stations in UK, Belgium and Spain to service the European customers on JIT basis and provide customer service comparable to the local manufacturers.

In line with the high quality standards maintained across the Group, Alexandria Carbon Black has led the way among industries in Egypt, Middle East and North Africa. The company is accredited with ISO-TS 16949, QS-9000 Quality certification, ISO 14001 Environment certification, OHSAS 18001 for Occupational Health and Safety Standards, SA 8000 accreditation for Social Accountability and the TPM Excellence Award and the Special Award for TPM Achievement from JIPM, Japan.

The company has been a recipient of the International Safety Award by the British Safety Council for nine successive years and was ranked among the world's five best environment friendly companies by the International Finance Corporation, from among the companies financed by the IFC. The company has the unique distinction of having its methodology under the Clean Development Mechanism approved by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.