On April 12th, the "2023 Carbon Black World Conference" hosted by Smithers Company and hosted by Jiangxi Black Cat Carbon Black Co., Ltd. opened at the International Conference Center of Zijing Hotel in Jingdezhen. The three-day Carbon Black World Conference will connect leaders in the global carbon black value chain, share strategic insights, and gather more consensus and contribute more wisdom for the prosperity and development of China and the carbon black industry by building a platform for collaboration, exchange, innovation, and development between China and other countries in the carbon black industry.
Zhang Liqun, academician of the CAE Member and president of South China University of Technology, addressed the conference via video. Xu Wenying, president of China Rubber Industry Association, attended the conference and delivered a speech.
At the opening ceremony, the organizers, Smithers, expressed their pleasure in bringing the "Carbon Black World Conference" to China for the first time and chose Jingdezhen, the hometown of the co organizer, Black Cat Corporation, as the conference address.
Xu Wenying, on behalf of the industry, expressed gratitude to Smithers for choosing China to hold the Carbon Black World Conference. The meeting focused on analyzing the reasons for the decrease in profit margins of the carbon black industry in the past year, and elaborated on the development direction of the future carbon black industry. It is hoped that Chinese carbon black enterprises will face difficulties and take the initiative to achieve sustainable and high-quality development of the carbon black industry.
This conference is a gathering of experts, bringing together over 400 carbon black manufacturers and equipment suppliers from around the world, as well as manufacturers and end users from industries such as tires, rubber, and plastics from around the world. The conference, with the theme of "Exploring Innovation and Sustainable Development of the Carbon Black Industry Chain", will discuss the global outlook of the carbon black industry, opportunities and innovations in carbon black terminal applications, changes and impacts of global regulations and standards, green development of carbon black production and raw materials, technological breakthroughs in the industry chain, and future opportunities. We will jointly explore the prospects, norms, standards, and sustainability of the carbon black market Core topics such as technology and innovation.
The Carbon Black World Conference is the highest level conference in the world's carbon black industry. I have been participating in the conference since 1996, hoping that it will be a complete success and wishing the future of China's carbon black industry a better future. "Igor Levinberg, Chairman of McClow Chemical Company, is one of the largest carbon black logistics service providers in Europe. He said that this is his second visit to Jingdezhen, compared to his first visit 8 years ago, Nowadays, Jingdezhen has undergone tremendous changes, with the city becoming more and more beautiful, and a strong ceramic culture atmosphere, making it a historic and cultural city.
The Carbon Black World Congress used to be held alternately in Europe and the Americas. This time, it was chosen to be held in China and Jingdezhen, fully demonstrating China's strength as the world's largest carbon black country and the strength of the Black Cat Group, which will inevitably have a profound impact on the world.
