MARIETTA, Ga. (Aug. 23) — Columbian Chemicals Co. has opened a carbon black plant in the Camaçari Pole chemical complex in the Bahia state of Brazil.
The company said the $75 million facility has an annual production capacity of 75,000 metric tons, which can be expanded as the market develops. The factory uses the latest environmental and energy conservation technologies, Columbian said.
The project began in September 2005.