PCBL (Phillips Carbon Black Limited), part of RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, was set up by K. P. Goenka in 1960 and started production at Durgapur with a production capacity of 14,000 MT per annum, has commissioned a green power plant at Kochi, in Kerala with a capacity of 7 MW.

With this the capacity of green power at Kochi is 17 MW and the total capacity of green power stands at 98 MW.

For over six decades, PCBL has been playing a pioneering role in the performance materials and specialty chemicals segment, with a current production capacity of 6,03,000 MT per annum and generating 91 MW per hour of green power.

Today, PCBL is the largest carbon black manufacturer in India and a strong global player with a significant customer base in 45+ countries. Apart from four strategically located plants at Durgapur (West Bengal), Palej (Gujarat), Mundra (Gujarat) and Kochi (Kerala), it has also set up R&D centres at Palej (Gujarat), and Ghislenghien (Belgium).