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February 22, 2021 01:45 PM

Orion cautious as pandemic continues to impact tire markets

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    HOUSTON—Orion Engineered Carbons' rubber blacks unit has posted a 9.3 percent year-on-year decline in net sales to $188.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2020.

    Fourth quarter earnings (adjusted EBITDA), meanwhile, decreased 13.8 percent year-on-year to $27.1 million, driven by higher fixed costs and the impact of lower feedstock costs, the group reported Feb. 18.

    Rubber carbon black volumes came in 2.4 percent down on the prior-year level mainly due to the continued impact of the global pandemic om demand from tire customers.

    The year-on-year volume decline also reflected the impact of a 2019 commercial strategy at Orion aimed at raising price over volume, the group pointed out.

    The net sales decline, it added, primarily was due to pass-through of lower feedstock costs to customers and, to a lesser extent, lower volumes, partially offset by base price increases.

    For the group as a whole, final quarter net sales came in 2.2 percent lower year-on-year at $315.7 million while earnings (adjusted EBITDA) increased 4.4 percent to $66 million.

    Full-year net sales fell 3.2 percent across Orion, while earnings (adjusted EBITDA) of $200 million were $67.3 million below the level recorded for 2019.

    "We successfully navigated 2020 and finished strong, with fourth quarter adjusted EBITDA exceeding prior year levels and reflecting strong profitability levels," Orion CEO Corning Painter said in a statement.

    Orion declined to give earnings guidance for 2021, citing continued uncertainty around the development of the COVID-19 crisis at the current time.

    "Our 2021 planning scenario assumes that COVID-19 does not functionally end until 2022, with 2021 specialty and rubber volumes roughly resembling second-half 2020 run-rates," Painter said. "Most important to us is to always be improving our agility, to never sit still, but build on 2020 and push ourselves so we can respond even better to any demand scenario."

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