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- PCBL Chemical Limited, India's largest and the world's seventh largest carbon black producer, manufactures and sells carbon black, specialty chemicals, and generates power from manufacturing by-products; it offers rubber black (678,000 MT annual capacity) for tires, mechanical rubber goods, belts, hoses, and tubes under brands including Orient Black and Royale Black; specialty black (112,000 KT capacity) for coatings, plastics, inks, and batteries including the first Indian acetylene black plant; over 275 chemicals such as organo-phosphonates (among top three global producers contributing over 50% revenue), green chelates, oil and gas chemicals including imidazolines, quats, triazine, maleic and acrylic acids for water treatment, detergents, textiles, desalination, wood preservation, paper pulp, pharmaceuticals, and agri-chemicals under CarboNext brand; and sustainable solutions alongside 122 MW green power generation. The company operates five carbon black plants in Durgapur, Kochi, Palej, Mundra, and Tiruvallur (Chennai), with chemicals production integrated, serving tire manufacturers, rubber, plastics, battery, and industrial sectors primarily in India and internationally including expanded European market share from 4% to over 21%. Founded in 1960 and headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, as part of the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, PCBL Chemical recently changed its name from PCBL Limited in October 2024; acquired Aquapharma Chemical to bolster phosphonates; expanded Mundra specialty chemicals capacity by 20,000 MTPA to 40,000 MTPA and total capacity to 790,000 MTPA; established Nanovace Technologies Ltd. joint venture for nanosilicon Li-ion battery anodes with imminent pilot plant; signed technology transfer for acetylene black; received promoter STEL Holdings acquisition of 1.043% stake for Rs 33.6 crore in November 2025 to support debt repayment and growth; and explores greenfield carbon black expansions amid global supply shifts.