About Orion

Orion, established in 2011, is a renowned name in the chemical industry, specializing in the production and supply of high-performance carbon black products. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Orion has made significant strides in the coatings area, providing essential components that enhance the quality and durability of numerous coating applications. Their carbon black products are critical in imparting color, conductivity, and UV protection, ensuring that coatings not only look impeccable but also stand the test of time. Orion’s solutions enable improved opacity, consistency, and performance in coatings used across automotive, industrial, and architectural sectors.

ECOLAR 50 POWDER

ECOLAR 50 POWDER by Orion is a low to medium color furnace, industrially produced specialty carbon black from bio-circular feedstock. It offers medium jetness in mass tone applications and good tinting strength. It exhibits similar wetting and dispersion properties and delivers comparable coloristic performance to traditional specialty carbon blacks, enabling the development of more sustainable coatings.<br> <ul style="padding-left: 40px;"><li>It contains 100% biogenic raw material per <sup>14</sup> C analysis.</li> <li>It is suitable for solvent-borne alkyd/melamine stoving enamel systems and water-borne 1K PU coating systems.</li> <li>ECOLAR 50 POWDER is compliant with Commission Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 (and amendments) on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food, meeting the requirements for FCM substance No. 411 (Ref. No. 42080).</li></ul>

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Printex® U

Printex® U by Orion is a highly structured carbon black pigment. Designed for solvent- and water-borne powder coatings, general industrial and tinting applications, screen inks and packaging gravure printing inks. Printex® U is listed in the Color Index as Black 7-77266.

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Lamp black 101

Lamp black 101 by Orion is a highly structured, highly stable amorphous carbon black. It offers pigment separation. Designed for powder coatings. Lamp black 101 is listed in the Color Index as Black 6-77266.

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