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Orion Engineered Carbons -- Kalscheuren/Cologne, Germany

Operated by Orion Engineered CarbonsDE · Huerth-Kalscheuren (near Cologne), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germanychemical_plant

World's oldest continuously operating carbon black plant; established in the 1860s as a lamp black factory, evolving through the gas black and furnace black eras. Now produces specialty carbon black (PRINTEX series for inks and coatings). A 160-year history in a single location. Orion acquired this facility from the lineage of Degussa → Evonik → Orion.

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