SunCoal’s History

2018

  • Numerous external application tests of technical carbons as fillers with partners from the rubber and tire industry
  • Expansion investment in our laboratory for production and analyses of rubber goods

2017

  • Numerous internal application tests of technical carbons as fillers in rubber and tire applications
  • World premiere of passenger car tire with SunCoal filler at the EcoPro 2017 in Tokyo, Japan
  • Production of activated carbon in ton scale
  • Production of specialty carbons in lab scale
  • Expansion investment in our laboratory for production and analyses of technical carbons

2016

  • Production of technical carbons from lignin and other input materials in continuous pilot plant runs (multi-ton scale)
  • Market entry of SunCoals Separation Technology
  • Production of bio-based platform chemicals in laboratory scale
  • Expansion investment in our pilot plant for the production of technical carbons on ton scale

2015

  • SunCoal joins the Leading Edge Cluster BioEconomy
  • Commissioning of the first entrained flow gasification pilot plant for biocoal at the Technical University of Munich
  • Technical breakthrough with the successful utilization of technical carbons in established polymer applications on laboratory scale

2014

  • Production of technical carbons from lignin and other input materials on laboratory scale
  • Koehler Paper Group becomes new majority shareholder

2013

2012

  • Numerous hours of operation of HTT Pilot Plant for the prodution of biocoal from different input materials
  • Winner of the „Germany: Land of Ideas” Contest 2012

2011

  • Optimization of HTT Pilot Plant for customer testing

2010

  • Move to Ludwigsfelde for company growth

2008

  • Operational launch of the first HTT Pilot Plant
  • Winner of the Wirtschaftswoche (German Business Monthly) Founder’s Award

2007

  • Initial technical operation and patent validation at TU Berlin
  • Foundation of SunCoal Industries GmbH