Thai Carbon Black represents Aditya Birla Group’s first joint venture between Indian and Thai investors. The leading manufacturer of carbon black in Thailand, this company has also consistently been recognised by Forbes magazine as one of Asia Pacific’s best 200 small companies (2002 - 2008).

Established in 1978 with a production capacity of about 16,000tpa, the company today produces more than 220,000tpa of world-class furnace grade carbon black at its sophisticated manufacturing plant located in Angthong province of Thailand. It employs approximately 300 people. The plant also has its own captive power production capacity of 35MW. With an additional capacity of 85,000tpa for Line # 6 project, which is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2010, Thai Carbon Black will become the world’s largest carbon black plant at a single location.

Thai Carbon Black is the first company in Thailand to achieve the following five management certificate systems: ISO 9001 for quality management, ISO 14001 for environmental management as the first carbon black manufacturer in Asia, OHSAS 18001 for occupational health and safety management, ISO/ IEC 17025 for lab accreditation and ISO/TS 16949 for upgraded quality management.

In constant recognition of its good work, Thai Carbon Black has also received many awards and recognitions from various agencies. It was conferred the ‘Queen’s Award on Conserving the River’ in 2009. Earlier, in 2007, TCB received the ‘Best Client Award for Quality Management’ presented by BV Certification Thailand. It was selected the Best Employer in Thailand and ranked the Fifth Best Employer in Asia by Hewitt Associates in 2003. The Prime Minister of Thailand has bestowed Thailand’s ‘Quality Class Award’ in 2002 and 2003 on TCB. The company has also won the TPM Consistency Award and the TPM Special Award from JIPM, Japan, in 2003 and 2005 respectively. It has even won the Deming Prize given by JUSE, Japan. In 2006, TCB was one of the only three companies to have been selected as the Best Performance Management Company by the Stock Exchange of Thailand. In addition, TCB’s QC Groups have continuously been representing Thailand in International QCC Presentations since 1994.

A majority of its produce is directly exported to top three tyre manufacturers – Bridgestone, Michelin and Goodyear, besides other leading tyre manufacturers the world over.