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New ECOLAR 50 POWDER delivers comparable performance to regularly produced specialty carbon blacks across a broad range of coatings systems.

 HOUSTON – Orion S.A. (NYSE: OEC), a global specialty chemicals company, has launched ECOLAR 50 POWDER – a new bio-circular carbon black that will help coatings manufacturers formulate more sustainable coatings.

ECOLAR 50 POWDER delivers coloristic properties comparable to regular specialty carbon blacks.

“We’re leading the way in advancing carbon black to meet increasing industry demands for sustainable products,” said Tilo Lindner, vice president for global marketing for specialty carbon black at Orion, which more than 10 years ago was the first company to launch a plant oil-based carbon black product.

“ECOLAR 50 POWDER enables coatings formulators to develop truly sustainable products in all kinds of coatings applications,” Lindner added.

Based completely on bio-circular feedstock not in competition with the food chain, ECOLAR 50 POWDER contains 100% biogenic raw material per ¹⁴C analysis. A low to medium color furnace black, ECOLAR 50 POWDER’s coloristic properties provide medium jetness in mass tone applications plus good tinting strength.

For example, when testing in a solvent–borne alkyd/melamine stoving enamel system, ECOLAR 50 POWDER achieved medium jetness at a higher level compared to other regular specialty carbon blacks. It also produced a comparable neutral undertone.

Tested In a water-borne 1K PU coating system, ECOLAR 50 POWDER produced jetness comparable to other regular specialty carbon blacks and generated a more neutral undertone.

Compared to traditionally produced low-color furnace blacks, ECOLAR 50 POWDER has similar wetting and dispersion properties and provides comparable coloristic performance for both full-tone and tinting applications.

For more information about ECOLAR 50 POWDER and the Orion portfolio for coatings systems, contact the Orion sales team here.

About Orion S.A.

Orion S.A. (NYSE: OEC) is a leading global supplier of carbon black, a solid form of carbon produced as powder or pellets. The material is made to customers’ exacting specifications for tires, coatings, ink, batteries, plastics and numerous other specialty, high-performance applications. Carbon black is used to tint, colorize, provide reinforcement, conduct electricity, increase durability and add UV protection. Orion has four innovation centers and produces carbon black at 15 plants worldwide, offering the most diverse variety of production processes in the industry. 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. For more information, please visit orioncarbons.com.

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Orion Contacts:

William Foreman
Orion S.A.
Director of Corporate Communications
[email protected]
+1 281-889-7833

HOUSTON – Orion S.A. (NYSE: OEC), a specialty chemicals company, today celebrated the completion of its first greenfield project – a carbon black plant in eastern China that will supply fast-growing demand in Asia.

The facility in the city of Huaibei in Anhui province will produce carbon black for a variety of applications, including coatings, printing inks, rubber, polymers, fiber and rubber. The site’s two production lines have a total capacity of 70 kilotons per year.

“The Huaibei facility is a huge milestone for Orion. The state-of-the-art plant enables us to better support our Chinese customers with products that are made in China,” Orion CEO Corning Painter said. “Now we can reallocate production lines in the U.S. and Europe so that we can increase supply to customers in those markets.”

Orion’s other plant in China is in Qingdao in the eastern province of Shandong. The facility, built in 1994, produces carbon black grades for tires, mechanical rubber goods and specialty applications.

Painter commended everyone on the Huaibei project team for overcoming the extreme challenges posed by the Covid-19 virus.

“Despite the constant disruption during the worst periods of the pandemic, our employees, contractors and leadership team kept the project on track,” the CEO said. “As always, we put the safety, health and the welfare of our people first, providing nutritious meals, warm beds, testing and medical care. But still, it was the heroic dedication of our team that delivered this project under extremely trying circumstances.”

About Orion S.A.

Orion S.A. (NYSE: OEC) is a leading global supplier of carbon black, a solid form of carbon produced as powder or pellets. The material is made to customers’ exacting specifications for tires, coatings, ink, batteries, plastics and numerous other specialty, high-performance applications. Carbon black is used to tint, colorize, provide reinforcement, conduct electricity, increase durability and add UV protection. Orion has four innovation centers and produces carbon black at 15 plants worldwide, offering the most diverse variety of production processes in the industry. 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. For more information, please visit orioncarbons.com.

Contacts:

William Foreman

Director of Corporate Communications and

Government Affairs

Orion S.A.

Direct: +1 832-445-3305

Mobile: +1 281-889-7833

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Wendy Wilson

Head of Investor Relations

Orion S.A.

Direct: +1 281-974-0155

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