Houston, Tex. – Orion Engineered Carbons, a worldwide supplier of specialty and high-performance Carbon Black, today announced the company’s ink specialists will present a Carbon Black update at the NPIRI Fall Technical Conference 2019 on October 16. The conference takes place October 15-17, 2019 in Oak Brook, Illinois.

Sanjay Monie, PhD, Marketing Manager – Inks and Mahesh Panta, Technical Marketing Manager – Printing Inks, will present, “Specialty Carbon Blacks for an Evolving Printing Industry.”

“The printing industry is in the midst of change, with traditional printing moving into areas such as packaging, new technologies such as UV and LED curing coming to the forefront, and digital and functional printing growing rapidly in importance,” said Dr. Monie. “In this landscape, carbon black is a vital raw-material that is continuing to evolve and innovate to meet the needs of the industry.”

The Orion presentation will provide a refresher on this unique material, and cover the key properties of carbon black, the characteristics carbon black impart in ink, and selection factors for new technologies and grades.

For more information please visit the Orion website www.orioncarbons.com.