Carbon Black World 2023 will feature "Exploring innovations and sustainability in Carbon Black value chain" and focus on core industry topics.
12-14 April, 2023 | Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China
2023年4月12至14日，江西景德镇，中国
This event regularly attracts an international delegation of producers, end-users, and equipment solution providers from across the tire, rubber, plastics, compounds and ink industries to make new connections, share strategic insights, and explore future opportunities in the marketplace with key influencers and decision makers from all aspects of the value chain!
Why Attend Carbon Black World?
Josh Guilliams, Vice President of Consultancy leads, Smithers’ technical consulting team based in Akron, Ohio. Josh manages client relationships and works with other Smithers experts on complex projects. He also conducts in-depth investigations of a wide variety of rubber materials and final products on behalf of clients.
Before joining the team at Smithers, Guilliams spent several years in leadership at Polymer Valley Chemicals, Inc., as Technical Director and Vice President of Technical Operations. Prior to his time at Polymer Valley Chemicals, he held technical and commercial roles at Hankook Tire, EASTMAN Chemical Corporation, LANXESS Corporation, and Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations.
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.
Career
Vice President, Sustainability & CSR – Bridgestone Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, Singapore. October 2021 – Present
Director, Sustainability Strategy – SABIC, Singapore.
Senior Manager, Corporate Sustainability – SABIC, Singapore.
Education
Ph.D, Polymer Syntheis, Structure, Property Relationships – Eindhoven University of TechnologyMaster of Technology, Polymer Science & Engineering – Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
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.
Marko is responsible for GREIF-VELOX’s business activities in North America. Prior to joining GREIF-VELOX, he held several senior management positions in the U.S. and Germany. Marko holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Management from THM, Germany and an MBA from University of Warwick, England.
GREIF-VELOX is a global market and innovation leader for semi and fully automatic packaging machines for the food, chemical and petro-chemical industries. With corporate headquarters in Germany and installations in 89 countries, GREIF-VELOX has earned a reputation as the global go-to solutions provider for “difficult to bag” materials, including powders with extremely fine grain sizes and low-bulk densities.
Jay is the Director of Standards and Regulations for Continental Tire, the Americas located in Fort Mill, SC. He is responsible for all tire regulatory and standardization work throughout North and South America and represents Continental within numerous industry organizations including the Rubber Manufacturers Association and the Tire and Rim Association. Jay has been with Continental for over 15 years with leadership roles in product development, technical product management and racing development. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineer from Clemson University - home of the 2016 College Football National Champions.
Roshan Ali is a Chemical Engineer with over 27 years’ experience in the Carbon Black Industry. Started as a Process Engineer in 2003 at the Plant in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He left the Plant 10 years later, having moved up to the position of Production Manager. Roshan then moved to Sid Richardson Carbon Co. (now Tokai Carbon) in Fort Worth Texas. He progressively worked as a Corporate Process Engineer, Process Engineering Manager and now the Engineering Director where he is responsible for both Process and Project Engineering Activities within Tokai Carbon. In his spare time, Roshan is an avid Fly Fisherman.
Mr. Pascal Klein is CEO and Chairperson of the Executive Board of Pyrum. He is a founding member of the company and served as General Director of Pyrum ESC GmbH since 2008. From 2018 he has held the positions as Chairperson of the Executive Board, CEO, CFO and COO of the Company and is also a board member of Pyrum S.A.
Mr Klein received his bachelor degree in 2006 in "International Management" from ISEG Strasbourg and in 2008, he received his master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) at ISM Paris and St. Johns' University New York. He won the “Concours Lépine” in 2017 and was named national winner of the “Founder Campion for Innovation” in 2012.
Haldor Topsoe is a world leader in catalysis and surface science, committed to helping our customers achieve optimal performance. We enable companies to get the most out of their processes and products, using the least possible energy and resources, in the most responsible way. We are headquartered in Denmark and do project development, R&D, engineering, production, and sales & service across the globe.
Kim is holding a degree both in business administration from St. Gallen, Switzerland and in electrical engineering from Copenhagen University, Denmark, and received financial training from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. He develops sustainable air quality control projects all over the world.