The Group's joint ventures in Egypt include its carbon black business at Alexandria Carbon Black Company SAE, and also a new unit being set up to produce acrylic fibre, Alexandria Fiber Company, SAE.

Alexandria Carbon Black Company SAE is an Indo-Egyptian joint venture of the Aditya Birla Group with the Egyptian Government. It is the only producer of carbon black in the Middle East and North African region.

Established in 1994 with an initial capacity of 20,000 tpa, the company has since grown to 2,85,000 tpa, making it the world's largest carbon black plant at a single location. It takes pride in being the fastest-growing carbon black company in the world. It is also considered to be the most modern and sophisticated plant with the capability to produce high value premium grades of carbon black and is the preferred supplier of global tyre majors.

The company produces various grades of carbon black, a very fine black powder pelleted in granular form, used mainly in the rubber industry. About 80 per cent of the carbon black produced in the world is utilised by the tyre industry. It is also used in the manufacture of inks, dyes, paints, cables and plastics.

Marketed under the brand name Birla Carbon, the company exports 95 per cent of its products to over 50 countries across the globe including the US, UK, France, Italy, Germany and Spain. The company has established Decanting Stations in UK and Belgium and a new one is coming up in Spain.