The 2018 International Carbon Black Conference was held in Germany

According to "Carbon Black World 2018" website: The 2018 International Carbon Black Conference was held in Düsseldorf, Germany on September 24-26. It is also customary for this session to arrange two workshops on the 24th before the two-day formal meeting. The official meeting on the 25th to 26th was divided into six sections according to the theme, and 28 papers were read out.

Among the papers presented at these 28 conferences, there are two keynote speeches: one on the 25th by Mr. John Loudermilk, chief operating officer of Bora Carbon Company, “The current geopolitical, socio-economic and environmental conditions and their Observation of Opportunities/Threats; Another article was on the 26th by Ms. Monique Lempereur, General Manager of Continental Carbon Europe, “Predicting Trends in Raw Materials to Adapt to the Changing Global Carbon Black Market”.

Participants from mainland China read three papers at the conference, namely, "China Carbon Black Industry Outlook" by Dr. Binghong Li, Ph.D., and Chung-Lin, Technical Consultant of Jiangxi Black Cat Carbon Black Company. Dr. Ho's "Energy and Environmental Excellence - Black Cat Company Newsletter"; Jin Yanchao, deputy manager of Degut's development department, "Dry Burner Low NOx Burner".

One of the two symposiums was presented by Shane Perl, Head of Alpen Group, “The Impact of the Changing Carbon Black Feedstock World and Purchasing Link on Total Value”, which covers the upcoming IMO. 2020 Regulations [ie, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will reduce the global marine fuel sulphur ceiling limit from 3.5% to 0.5% by 2020] and how they will affect the supply and procurement of carbon black raw materials. The other is "Recycling Carbon Black - From Commitment to Product" by Wolffsdorff Consulting Consultant Martin von Wolfersdorff, covering the emerging recycling carbon black market, introducing waste tires for high temperature pyrolysis recovery of carbon The status quo of black, successful application examples and prospects for future technologies.

The 2018 International Carbon Black Conference is an open forum for the entire carbon black supply chain, including raw material producers, carbon black manufacturers and equipment suppliers, as well as tire and pigment end users from around the world to discuss their carbon black Issues of common concern and exchange of ideas and practical experiences. It builds a thematic platform for in-depth discussions around the core topics of interest in the industry through its conference paper presentations and workshops. It also provides an opportunity to reach out to more than 250 participants from the carbon black value chain to get in touch with each other, to get to know each other and to establish broad connections.