Established in 1978, and listed among the world's ' Best 200 Small Companies' by Forbes magazine, Thai Carbon Black (TCB) holds the distinction of being one of the world's largest carbon black plants at a single location. Additionally, the company is also the leading manufacturer of carbon black in Thailand.

TCB represents the Aditya Birla Group's first joint venture between Indian and Thai investors. TCB is the first company in carbon black business of the Aditya Birla Group to go-live on SAP project in April 2007. Marketed under the brand name 'Birla Carbon', the company produces up to 220,000 tonnes per year of world-class furnace grade carbon black at its sophisticated manufacturing plant located in the Angthong Province of Thailand.

To cope with the increasing demand of carbon black in both domestic and overseas markets, Birla Carbon has aggressive growth plans. These would include either brownfield or greenfield expansions in S.E. Asia to augment additional capacity of over 100,000 mt/year over the next three to four years.

Carbon black is primarily used in rubber goods, such as tyres and tubes for automobiles, flaps, conveyor belts, etc. It is also used in ink, pigment and plastic industries. With the world's top three tyre manufacturers in its list of customers, namely, Bridgestone, Michelin and Goodyear, TCB has the unique
distinction of supplying carbon black to all the six continents from a single location. More than 50 per cent of Japan's total carbon black import is from TCB alone.

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