Connell Bros Co signs agreement with Birla Carbon to distribute speciality carbon blacks

Connell Bros Co LLC has expanded its agreement with Birla Carbon to take over the sales and distribution of Birla Carbon’s Specialty Carbon Blacks in South Asia, effective March 25, 2016.

The agreement includes the sales and distribution of product groups Raven(R) and Conductex(R) into non-rubber market segments in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh. It also includes the sales of ASTM-grades in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Union Territory Puducherry as well as in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh, also for non-rubber market segments.

"We are delighted to expand our distribution agreement with Birla Carbon into South Asia," said Scott Graddy, VP, CBC. "We look forward to continuing to work together in the rapidly growing economies in this region."

"This is a very exciting development for us," said Ali Hararwala, Sales Leader, Specialty Blacks, South Asia, Birla Carbon. "The strong presence of CBC backed by high end technical solutions from Birla Carbon will allow us to create more value for our customers in the growing South Asian Specialty Carbon Black market."