BKT to enhance product range with speciality carbon black

By OEM Update Editorial May 16, 2023 5:11 pm IST

At the Carbon Black production unit in the Bhuj plant, BKT has already initiated working on producing specialty carbon black suitable for applications such as paints, plastics, and inks. 
The BKT Carbon, being manufactured in Bhuj, has a wide range and can be used in numerous fields, such as manufacturing high-performance tires, tubes, hoses, conveyor belts, moulded products, extruded profiles, gaskets, seals, rubber flooring, plastic masterbatch, basic inks to name a few.
Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (BKT), the Indian multinational group and a global player in the Off-Highway tire market, set up Carbon Black manufacturing facilities in 2017 and augmented the supply of critical raw materials. Besides, the company’s carbon black product is utilised captively and balanced and is sold in the markets under the brand name ‘BKT Carbon’.
The current production of about 165,600 MT per annum of Carbon Black comprises ‘Hard Grade’ Carbon and ‘Soft Grade’ Carbon. Hard Grade Carbon is used in the tire tread, and Soft Grade is used in the casing compound to improve tire strength & durability and generate less heat.

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