Orion Engineered Carbons is a leading global supplier of carbon black. Carbon black is an essential material made to customers’ exacting specifications and serves as an additive for plastics, coatings, ink, batteries, tires and numerous other specialty, high-performance applications. Carbon black is used to tint, colorize, reinforce, conduct electricity, increase durability and add UV protection.


Orion has innovation centers on three continents and 14 plants worldwide including two production sites in Qingdao and Huaibei and one applied technology center in Shanghai, China. The company’s corporate lineage goes back more than 160 years to Germany, where it operates the world’s longest-running carbon black plant. Orion is a leading innovator, applying a deep understanding of customers’ needs to deliver sustainable solutions.