Recovered Carbon Black is the must-attend event for anyone involved within the carbon black supply chain! The Recovered Carbon Black Conference provides a much-needed platform for experts and innovators, who research, develop and commercialise recovered carbon black to stay updated on the latest market developments, challenges and opportunities. Over 400 rCB representatives are expected to join us at the Steigenberger Airport Hotel Amsterdam on the 5-6 November 2024.

For everyone interested in the conference, Smithers and Weibold have prepared a special PROMO CODE “RCB1024”, which gives a special 10% discount. To register for the conference and use the promo code, please proceed to the event’s website and enter the code in the end of your registration.

The first 6 speakers have just been announced, with speakers including:

  • Dr. Franz Friebel, Founder & CEO at femtoG,
  • Robert Weibold, Managing Director at Robert Weibold GmbH,
  • Loïc Picard, R&I Project Manager – Elastomer Materials Development at Hutchinson S.A.,
  • Dr. Hauke Westenberg, Senior Research Specialist Rubber at Orion Engineered Carbons,
  • Dr. Joe Hallett, Technical Lead for Continua™ at Birla Carbon, and
  • Dr. Chris Norris, Technical Director at Murfitts Industries.

2024 Key Themes Include:

  • Global roundup – policy environment, feedstock trade flows, market outlook, pricing
  • rCB producers – flagship project updates, scale-up journey
  • Applications – tyre, industrial rubber, masterbatch and more
  • Closing the investment gap – what does it take to attract long-term funding?
  • Innovation and academic insights – science, collaboration and tech transfer
  • Maximising potential of TPO – market dynamics, new applications, purification
  • Clarifying regulatory and compliance responsibilities – REACH, End of Waste
  • Virgin CB producers – strategic positioning and integration of recovered/sustainable CB
  • Progress with standardisation and testing
  • Characterising rCB and its contaminants
  • Advances in downstream processing, upgrading and drop-in replacement

Companies such as Continental, Michelin, Orion Engineered Carbons, Sumitomo Rubber, Hosokawa Micron, Cyclonaire are just some of the companies who attended last year.

For more information about Recovered Carbon Black 2024, visit the event’s website or contact Tom Sawicki: tsawicki@smithers.com.. Don’t forget to use your 10% discount PROMO CODE “RCB1024” at checkout.