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Birla Carbon history
Birla Carbon company history timeline
1921 Began marketing under Columbian Chemicals Co. after consolidating several small carbon black manufacturers.
1922 Columbian Chemicals Co. is the first to introduce and patent Gas Furnace Process (Swartz, LA).
1927 Columbian Chemicals Co. patents dustless carbon black and is the first to produce carbon black beads.
1930 Columbian Chemicals Co. acquires L. Martin and Peerless.
1941 Columbian Chemicals Co. is the first carbon black company to use the industrial electron microscope.
1980 Aditya Birla Group enters carbon black business with Thai Carbon Black Public Co.
1983 Consolidated Mining acquires Columbian Chemicals Co. from Occidental.
1984 Von Hoffman purchases Columbian Chemicals Co.
1986 Phelps Dodge acquires Columbian Chemicals Co.
1988 Birla Carbon starts operations in India through Hi-Tech Carbon, Renukoot.
SAE. 1993 Columbian Chemicals Co. builds and commences Hungary facility/operations.
1994 Aditya Birla Group starts operations in Egypt with Alexandria Carbon Black Co.
1995 Columbian Chemicals Co. acquires Spain facility from Repsol.
1998 Columbian Chemicals Co. acquires Brazil facility, Cubatao, from Copebras.
1998 Hi-Tech Carbon, Gummidipoondi, starts operations in India.
1999 Columbian Chemicals Co. acquires Korea facility from Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co.
2005 Columbian Chemicals Co. is acquired from Phelps Dodge by DC Chemicals/One Equity Partners.
2007 Columbian Chemicals Co. starts operations at Bahia, a Greenfield facility.
2009 Columbian Chemicals Co. expands its China and Hungary facilities.
2010 Hi-Tech Carbon, Patalganga starts operations in India.
2011 Aditya Birla Group acquires Columbian Chemicals Co. and becomes the largest carbon black company globally under the corporate brand Birla Carbon.
2013 Hi-Tech Carbon demerged from Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd.
2014 Birla Carbon releases its second Sustainability Report.
2015 Birla Carbon proposes to establish a greenfield carbon black production plant in Shandong province, China.
2017 Birla Carbon inaugurated its carbon black plant in Jining, China on September 8.
On July 24, 2018, Birla Carbon India’s Gummidipoondi unit completed 20 years.
On July 1, 2018, all Birla Carbon entities around the world renamed to represent one Birla Carbon across its operations.
2018 Launched Birla Carbon Purpose – Share the Strength, after a detailed internal and external study.
2019 Birla Carbon and CHASM Advanced Materials enter Joint Development Agreement to develop Nanotube Enhanced Carbons.
2020 Birla Carbon becomes the first carbon black manufacturer to receive IATF certification across all its manufacturing plants.
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| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Chemical | 1975 | $4.4M | 22 | - |
| Orissa Vredevoort & Dochters | - | $340,000 | 15 | - |
| Optum Technology Solutions | 2013 | $310,000 | 5 | - |
| Neo-Tac | - | - | - | 4 |
| Nerolac Paints India | 1920 | $700.0M | 2,992 | 4 |
| Accessdata | - | $610,000 | 9 | - |
| National Starch And Chemical Holding Corporation | 1978 | $570.0M | 900 | - |
| C Technologies | 1985 | $5.9B | 24,600 | 1 |
| New 3D Technology | 1986 | $840,000 | 4 | - |
| SynapSense | 2006 | $13.9M | 1 | - |
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