Published on January 2025
Bridgestone and Tokai Carbon Form Recovered Carbon Black Venture
Bridgestone and Tokai Carbon formed a dedicated venture to develop recovered carbon black for use in tires, pairing a global tire maker with one of carbon black's largest producers. The arrangement signals how seriously the industry is treating circular carbon material.
Combining end-user specification requirements with producer-scale quality control is exactly what recovered carbon black needs to graduate from a niche interest to a mainstream commodity. Tire-maker involvement removes the biggest adoption barrier — the fear that recovered material will not meet specification.
These pairings set the template for the market: effective recovered carbon black supply is increasingly a question of the right specification partnership, not just the right price.
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