Orion S.A. Launches PRINTEX® chroma 450 BEADS for Polymers Market

The new grade is produced at Orion’s ISCC PLUS-certified plant in Cologne, Germany.

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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Orion S.A. (NYSE: OEC), a global specialty chemicals company, today launched PRINTEX^® chroma 450 BEADS, a high-jetness carbon black designed for engineered plastics.

PRINTEX^® chroma 450 BEADS delivers an excellent balance of jetness and surface smoothness. The material, which has EU food-contact approval, is produced at Orion’s ISCC PLUS-certified plant in Cologne, Germany.

“The product was developed for applications that require excellent dispersion,” said Martin Dauch, director of Global Marketing – Polymers at Orion. “The grade maintains the strong performance profile of Orion’s PRINTEX® chroma series, providing customers with greater flexibility when selecting the right solution for demanding plastics applications.”

The series also includes PRINTEX® chroma 500, designed for high-jetness applications, particularly in engineered plastics. It combines exceptional jetness with a strong bluish undertone.

For more information about PRINTEX® chroma 450 BEADS and PRINTEX® chroma 500, please contact the Orion sales team here.

About Orion S.A.

Orion S.A. (NYSE: OEC) is a leading global supplier of carbon black, a solid form of carbon produced as powder or pellets. The material is made to customers’ exacting specifications for tires, coatings, ink, batteries, plastics and numerous other specialty, high-performance applications. Carbon black is used to tint, colorize, provide reinforcement, conduct electricity, increase durability and add UV protection. Orion has four innovation centers and produces carbon black at 15 plants worldwide, offering the most diverse variety of production processes in the industry. The company’s corporate lineage goes back more than 160 years to Germany, where it operates the world’s longest-running carbon black plant. Orion is a leading innovator, applying a deep understanding of customers’ needs to deliver sustainable solutions. For more information, please visit orioncarbons.com.

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William Foreman
Orion S.A.
Director of Corporate Communications and Government Affairs
william.foreman@orioncarbons.com
Direct: +1 832-445-3305

Christopher Kapsch
Orion S.A.
Vice President of Investor Relations
christopher.kapsch@orioncarbons.com
Direct: +1 281-318-4413

Source: Orion Engineered Carbons S.A.

Key Terms

carbon black technical

A manufactured fine black powder made by the controlled partial combustion or thermal decomposition of heavy petroleum products; it consists of nearly pure elemental carbon arranged as microscopic spheroidal particles that cluster into aggregates. Carbon black is sold in different grades defined by particle size, structure and surface area, and is used primarily as a reinforcing filler in rubber (especially tires) and as a pigment or conductivity additive in plastics, inks, coatings and batteries. It is a distinct industrial material from activated carbon (which is porous and adsorptive) and from atmospheric “black carbon” or soot, and is subject to workplace and environmental handling rules because it is a respirable particulate.

iscc plus technical

ISCC PLUS is a third‑party sustainability certification that verifies raw materials and supply chains meet environmental and social criteria for renewable, recycled, or bio-based products. For investors, it signals that a product or supplier has traceable practices and reduced sustainability risks—like a food label for green claims—potentially affecting market access, regulatory compliance, and reputational value.