Mumbai, June 7 -- The International Carbon Black Association (ICBA) recently awarded 12 Birla Carbon plants and a R&D Center with certificates of recognition for achieving a level of safety performance above industry average.

Eleven plants and the Marietta R&D Laboratory received the gold award while one plant received the bronze award. This includes Birla Carbon plants across North and South America, Europe and Asia.

A total of 44 global carbon black manufacturing facilities received this recognition as part of the 'Safety Recognition Programme' from ICBA.

The ICBA began this recognition programme to acknowledge the outstanding safety records maintained by carbon black manufacturers around the globe and to educate policymakers and the...