26-28 April 2027
Berlin, Germany
Shaping the Future of Carbon Black: Innovation · Circularity · Growth
Carbon Black World is the leading global forum dedicated to the carbon black value chain. Organized by Smithers, the event attracts an international audience spanning the entire industry, including manufacturers, end-users, equipment suppliers, and solution providers across the tires, rubber, plastics, compounds, and ink sectors.
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Why Attend?
"Carbon Black World is the preeminent opportunity to interact with experts from across the industry" —— Tokai Carbon CB Limited
"The event you should not miss if you want to be a global player in the Carbon Black World!" —— IMERYS Graphite & Carbon
"Networking paradise for Carbon Black industry" —— PCBL Limited
Paul Ita runs Notch Consulting, a Massachusetts-based research company dedicated to the market research needs of the global specialty chemicals industry. Mr. Ita focuses on raw materials for the global tire and rubber industries, with a particular focus on carbon black, silica, and rubber chemicals. Through Notch, he publishes the Carbon Black World Data Book and the Carbon Black Quarterly Newsletter.
Alex finished his PhD at Imperial College London last year, where he published six papers related to tyre recycling, recovered carbon materials, and waste treatment in internationally recognised journals. Alex undertook numerous consultancy projects alongside his PhD and was awarded the departmental prize for the best thesis submitted in 2023. Alex now works as a Process Engineer at Orion Engineered Carbons, a major manufacturer of carbon black, where he contributes to a range of Innovation projects.
Martin von Wolfersdorff, trading as "Wolfersdorff Consulting Berlin”, is an expert advisor and business partner of Smithers specialising in sustainable carbon blacks. Martin works with Smithers on carbon black consulting projects, writes Smithers reports and is the founder and business partner of the recovered Carbon Black Conference. Martin's corporate assignments were in carbon black, plastic packaging, plastic masterbatch and titanium dioxide. Martin has a Dipl. Ing. (Univ.) degree in chemical engineering from the FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany.
Theo is Global Director, Strategic Projects for the Reinforcement Materials business at Cabot corporation. He has 33 year of service at Cabot and held various positions in Cabot’s reinforcement materials organization, including Global Technical Service Director, Business Segment Manager, Applications Development Manager and Facility Manager at Cabot Technical Center. Theo has received 6 Cabot Awards of Excellence and played an important role in the development and market introduction of Cabot’s SPHERON® and, more recently, the PROPEL® carbon black series. His educational background is in Analytical and Polymer Chemistry. Theo is highly interested in “Sustainability”, his main hobbies are soccer, sports fishing, tennis and reading. Theo and his wife Carla have two children and live in The Netherlands.
