Orion S.A.’s Sustainability Report Highlights Role in Electrification, Circular Economy

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orion S.A. (NYSE: OEC), a global specialty chemicals producer, today released its 2025 Sustainability Report, showcasing how the company’s materials are advancing electrification, energy storage and the circular economy.

With the theme “Driving innovation – essential for the future,” the report’s highlights include upgrading technology in Sweden that recovers heat from the production process and supplies it to a city. In South Africa, operational improvements reduced waste by 30%. And at its plants worldwide, Orion achieved a safety record that was nine times better than the chemical industry’s average.

The company’s achievements with sustainability were recognized with several honors, including a Platinum rating from EcoVadis, 10 safety awards from the International Carbon Black Association, a listing on the European Commission’s Innovation Radar and a “Green Factory” designation in China.

Key growth opportunities include supplying differentiated conductive materials for:

• Battery energy storage systems, driven by increased use of renewable energy and the expansion of energy-intensive data centers.
• High-voltage wire and cable applications, which are essential to electrification infrastructure.
• Lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, a market that continues to grow despite short-term volatility.

“We see sustainability as a strategic business opportunity,” CEO Corning Painter said. “Our ultra-pure conductive additives help power the global energy transition, from electric vehicles to grid-scale storage. We are helping enable a cleaner, more electrified future.”

The report also highlights the impact of Orion’s bio-circular products. For example, ECORAX^® Nature 200 can reduce product carbon footprint by up to 100% compared with conventional fossil fuel-derived grades, demonstrating the environmental benefits of circular and bio-circular solutions.

The full Sustainability Report is available on Orion’s website: https://orioncarbons.com/sustainability/

About Orion S.A.

Orion S.A. (NYSE: OEC) is a leading global supplier of carbon black, a solid form of carbon produced as powder or pellets. The material is made to customers’ exacting specifications for tires, coatings, ink, batteries, plastics and numerous other specialty, high-performance applications. Carbon black is used to tint, colorize, provide reinforcement, conduct electricity, increase durability and add UV protection. Orion has four innovation centers and produces carbon black at 15 plants worldwide, offering the most diverse variety of production processes in the industry. The company’s corporate lineage goes back more than 160 years to Germany, where it operates the world’s longest-running carbon black plant. Orion is a leading innovator, applying a deep understanding of customers’ needs to deliver sustainable solutions. For more information, please visit orioncarbons.com.

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