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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 28, 2023
Orion highlights circular and bio-based carbon blacks for coatings at
36th Western Coatings Symposium and Show
HOUSTON – Orion S.A. (NYSE: OEC), a global specialty chemicals company, is spotlighting several new sustainable carbon blacks for coatings at The 36th Western Coatings Symposium and Show (WCS). Orion (booth 115) will showcase three new circular grades – one for high jetness and two for tinting applications – plus PRINTEX® kappa 50 conductive carbon black at WCS Oct. 16-17, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nev.
“Guided by our sustainability strategy, we help coatings manufacturers produce sustainable materials and participate in the circular economy,” said Carlos Hernandez, marketing manager, coatings & printing systems for the Americas at Orion. “We offer circular grades based on pyrolysis oil and bio-based grades based on renewable sources, and they all meet the same application requirements as conventional specialty carbon blacks.”
Circular carbon blacks for high jetness and tinting
Orion’s first circular gas black for coatings systems is XPB 10045. Based on pyrolysis oil to support the transition to a circular economy, XPB 10045 is designed for high-jetness applications and is compatible with all suitable coatings systems.
“XPB 10045 is a proof of principle,” said Jennifer Stroh, PhD, director of sales and marketing – Specialties Americas at Orion. “We have shown that XPB 10045 matches the performance of our current specialty carbon black grades. This new circular grade will enable formulators to create more sustainable coatings with comparable application properties to regular specialty carbon blacks.”
Orion’s first circular furnace blacks are XPB 10042 powder and XPB 10049 powder. These new grades are based on pyrolysis oil and are designed for tinting applications. They offer the same advantages as the high-jetness black, with application properties similar to currently used specialty carbon blacks.
Conductive and clean
PRINTEX kappa 50 beads or powder meets or exceeds performance requirements for conductivity, dispersibility and cleanliness at lower concentrations than conventional conductive carbon blacks. Introduced in 2013 and previously designated XPB 545, PRINTEX kappa 50 achieves the percolation threshold with low carbon black loading and good coloristic properties.
Orion also offers its “Carbon Black Guide.” Featuring 34 of Orion’s most popular carbon blacks used globally for coatings, the “Carbon Black Guide” gives paint formulators a visual sense of the shades they can achieve with different grades. Color chips in the guide show the shades each grade imparts in three coatings types – solid, white blend and alkyd enamel – and details relevant coloristic properties.
For more information about Orion’s specialty carbon blacks for coatings, including the new sustainable grades, contact Carlos Hernandez, marketing manager, coatings & printing systems Americas at carlos.hernandez@orioncarbons.com.
To read Orion’s recently published 2022 Sustainability Report and learn more about its sustainability performance and initiatives, visit Orion Engineered Carbons – Sustainability – Sustainability Roadmap (orioncarbons.com).
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Jennifer S. Stroh, Ph.D.
Director of Sales and Marketing – Specialties Americas
Orion Engineered Carbons
Jennifer S. Stroh, Ph.D., is director of sales and marketing – Specialties Americas at Orion Engineered Carbons. She leads all marketing and sales activities for specialty carbon black throughout the Americas. She is also responsible for the overall direction and profitability of the business line.
Prior to assuming her current role in September 2021, Stroh was strategic marketing manager – Specialties Americas. She focused on business strategy, development, innovation and building relationships with customers aligned with Orion’s emphasis on mobility, economic development, connected consumers and climate change. Previously, she was global key account manager and marketing manager Coatings Americas, responsible for addressing customer needs, product pricing and monitoring market trends for specialty carbon black applications in the Americas.
Before joining Orion, Stroh served as technical service manager for TPC Group and global technical service leader at Sekisui Specialty Chemicals.
Stroh is a member of the American Chemical Society, Materials Research Society, National Textile Center, Fiber Society and the Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films. She earned her bachelor’s degree in chemistry and doctorate in materials science and engineering at Clemson University in Clemson, S.C.
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Carlos Hernandez
Marketing Manager, Coatings & Printing Systems Americas
Orion Engineered Carbons
Carlos Hernandez is marketing manager, Coatings & Printing Systems Americas for Orion Engineered Carbons. In this new role, he is responsible for addressing customer needs, monitoring market trends and determining market strategies and product pricing for specialty carbon black applications in the Americas for coatings and printing systems.
Prior to his promotion, Hernandez was senior technical market manager for coatings in the Americas. He retains management responsibility for Orion’s technical service applications lab in New Jersey. As technical market manager, he developed new products and applications for customers and collaborated with them to resolve technical issues about formulation or dispersion as required.
Hernandez is a veteran of more than 30 years in the coatings industry, with expertise in color pigment dispersions for architectural, automotive, and industrial paints and coatings. Prior to joining Orion in 2017, he served 10 years as technical manager for coatings and additives for Elementis Specialties Inc., where he produced additives and color dispersions for automotive, marine, adhesive and sealant, architectural, industrial, furniture and UV applications.
Hernandez earned his bachelor and master of science degrees in chemical engineering from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia.
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Markus Mahn
Director Global Marketing Coatings
Specialty Carbon Black
Orion S.A.
Markus Mahn is director global marketing coatings, Specialty Carbon Black at Orion S.A. He focuses on the global strategic orientation of the coatings segment and considering new industry trends, pain points, challenges and demands. A key element of his responsibility — complementing his role in new market development and addressing evolving trends — is to initiate the development of products that best fit the coatings industry’s needs.
Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Mahn joined Orion in 2017 from Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, where he was global marketing manager Coatings and project leader. Prior to joining Merck, he was at Clariant in Frankfurt, first as application manager for new business development of functional coatings, and later promoted to global technical marketing manager for organic pigments in automotive coatings.
Mahn earned his M.Sc. in chemical engineering with specialization in colors and coatings at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Esslingen, Germany.
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