BKT reported its carbon black plant within the Bhuj production site will run at 100% capacity in 2021. At the end of the Q1 2019, the plant had a carbon black production output of 60,000 tons, increasing to 80,000 tons in Q2.
Around 50% of the carbon black produced at the new plant is being used in BKT’s tire manufacturing process, while the other remaining 50% is sold on the market.
BKT reported it is the only company in the Indian tire industry with its own carbon black production plant. Leadership at the company said the plant would bear results. “Not only does the new plant provide us with manufacturing independence, but it also ensures a better quality of our raw materials, since we have now precise upstream control over the entire process,” Rajiv Poddar, joint managing director, BKT, said.
