Demand growth in China as the world leader in carbon black

Strong demand by the tire industry to promote the next five years, the global carbon black market will continue to grow. According to the U.S. Knoch (Notch) consulting firm's latest forecast, the next 5 years the global average annual growth rate of this market will reach 3.6% in 2010, global demand will reach 10.8 million tons of carbon black. Headquartered in Houston, the mainland United States Kim KT Pan, president of CB further stated that China will continue to play the world's leading carbon black demand, India will rapidly increase, because the future of China and India will be the rapid development of auto industry, tire, rubber and other industrial rubber product demand will increase accordingly.
It is learned that the world carbon black production capacity has exceeded 10,100,000 tons / year, last year's global carbon black plant operating rates up to 93%, it is expected to remain tight market situation, because the demand growth will exceed its capacity growth. Noci consulting firm that promoted the supply of carbon black expansion and new projects come on stream, mainly in China, Brazil, India, Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia. Bridgestone Corporation of Japan plans in June 2008 Altamira in Mexico before the construction of a 35,000 t / y carbon black plant, Continental Carbon Company in India next year to 6.5 million tons / year plant capacity expansion doubled. Tokai Carbon black production company in Tianjin last year, a 40,000 tons / year plant planned capacity expansion in 2008. Another seven manufacturers plan new capacity this year, 600,000 tons / year, mainly in Asia and South America.
Carbon black is a widely used chemical products, can be used in rubber, resin, printing ink, paint, wire and cable, batteries, paper, pencil, pigment production, and as tire rubber, especially rubber reinforcing agent , the most important use of carbon black manufacture of automobile tires.
According to statistics, about 70% of the global carbon black used in tire manufacturing, 20% for the production of other rubber products, and the remaining less than 10% is used in plastics additives, dyes, printing ink and other industries. The amount of other rubber products, half for the manufacture of such belts and prevent vibration rubber auto parts, so about 80% of the carbon black is consumed in the Automotive Industry. Japan, for example, in 2001 the domestic demand for 782,000 tons of carbon black, 73.7 tons for rubber products, the total amount of 94.2%, of which amount 581,000 tons of tires, accounting for 74.3%, while 10% use automotive parts. The U.S. demand for its 1.6 million tons of carbon black, 71% for tires, 22% used in industrial rubber, only about 7% for inks, paints and plastics.
Author: echo