Modern surfaces have to do far more than just “look black.” Automotive bodies, industrial structures, architectural façades, flexible joints, glass bonding lines, and construction sealants must all deliver:
Across coatings, adhesives and sealants, carbon black is the key functional ingredient that controls most of these properties at the pigment level.
ISTAR Materials develops specialty furnace blacks, gas-black–type ultra-fine blacks and engineered low-colour blacks tuned across:
Particle Size
Jetness, tint strength, viscosity
Structure
Rheology, conductivity, reinforcement
Surface chemistry / oxidation
Wetting, dispersion, UV behaviour
Purity
Ash, metals, volatiles, ionic content
Our portfolio for this category is organised into two application families:
Each family is supported by ISTAR carbon black series such as EMPIREX®, ONYX GEMS®, PLASTEXA® and VULCROX®, with specific grades mapped internally to the right particle size, structure and surface treatment for each job.