Orion Engineered Carbon has completed the acquisition of all the outstanding shares of Qingdao Evonik Chemical Co., Ltd. (QECC) QECC is Orion’s former joint venture in the carbon black business, based in Qingdao, China. It has capacity for around 75,000 tonnes of tire-grade carbon black annually. QECC was set up in 1994 as a joint

