Birla Carbon has set the bagging specialist Greif-Velox precisely this challenge. The world’s leading supplier of carbon black is expanding into electromobility with a newly developed product for lithium-ion batteries.
The carbon black variant from Birla Carbon is extremely fine-powdered, electrically conductive and essential for modern batteries. However, it is precisely these properties that make the material particularly difficult to handle: low density, high dust formation, high cleanliness requirements.

Efficient bagging for the battery technology of tomorrow

The solution? The VeloVac vacuum packer - specially developed for ultra-light powders such as carbon black, silica or color pigments. As a full-line system including ValvoSeal ultrasonic sealing and VeloPack handling robots, the complete package now offers Birla Carbon a fully automated, dust-free and highly scalable packaging process - from the product infeed to the finished stacked pallet.

Why Birla Carbon relies on GREIF-VELOX

Thanks to the vacuum process, Birla Carbon achieves up to 75% higher product compaction and thus not only reduces CO₂ emissions during transportation, but also the costs for packaging and logistics. The result: a clean, efficient and reliable process that runs around the clock - with minimal maintenance.
“The complete turnkey solution from GREIF-VELOX creates a globally unique packaging process for us,” says Zachary Combs, R&D Director Energy Systems at Birla Carbon. “Without this automated and clean solution, we would not be able to successfully market our innovative product.”

More details on the project and the technology in the detailed technical article in the trade journal cav (in German).