Company - About Us
Continental Carbon India Limited (CCIL) was formed in October 2000 upon the acquisition by Continental Carbon Company (CCC), USA of the carbon black assets of Oriental Carbon & Chemicals Ltd. Since then the carbon black manufacturing facility in Ghaziabad, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, has been substantially refurbished and production capacity doubled to 65,000 MT/ Annum. A 15 MW Waste Heat Recovery Power Plant, commissioned in 2008 is co-located with the manufacturing unit and supplies power to the Uttar Pradesh grid.
Continental Carbon Company, USA which is recognized as a leader in the development and manufacture of furnace grade carbon blacks has licensed leading edge and environmental friendly manufacturing technology to CCIL.
CCIL has received a steady flow of capital over the years and is now a subsidiary of CCC’s parent; CSRC, a Taiwan based listed company. The CSRC group is the world’s 5th largest manufacturer of Carbon Black.
Carbon Black – an engineered carbon is primarily used as a reinforcing filler in rubber compounding. The end products like tires, profiles, hoses and V-belts are mostly consumed by the automotive industry.
In the next 5 years CCIL is set to grow organically and in areas of acquired expertise faster than average Industry growth rates by pursuing a four pronged strategy.
- Human Resource Development.
- Innovation and Technological Leadership.
- Energy efficiency and Environment Sustainability.
- Leveraging of Information Technology and Automation for driving cost reduction.