Strategic priorities and progress
To ensure continued growth and performance, we consistently optimise internal processes and advance our sustainability commitments. Our strategy is centred on reinforcing operational resilience and building long-term competitiveness, which are essential for overcoming challenges and driving sustained value creation for all.
Strategic pillars
Supply chain resilience
Focus areas- Creating diversified supplier partnerships to secure input streams.
- Streamlining networks for optimal cost efficiency and sustained reliability.
- Enhancing blending capabilities worldwide to proactively mitigate raw material supply constraints.
Progress during 2025
- Resumed global CPC blending after regulatory easing in India, enabling the blending of imported CPC with domestically produced material to meet customer specifications.
- Leveraged the global production and logistics network to strengthen supply reliability and support demand across key markets.
- Continued strengthening sourcing strategies for key inputs such as GPC to enhance supply security.
Innovation leadership
Focus areas- Successfully expanding the sustainable product portfolio to include high-demand, eco-friendly resins and advanced carbon materials.
- Strengthening R&D initiatives to successfully integrate new, sustainable raw material streams into production.
- Ramping-up production capabilities, necessary to manufacture high-value, low-emission products efficiently and at scale.
Progress during 2025
- Advanced development of high-value carbon materials supporting applications in aluminium, graphite and emerging battery markets.
- Continued strengthening R&D capabilities to enhance product performance and expand specialty materials offerings.
- Continued strengthening R&D capabilities to enhance product performance and expand specialty materials offerings.
Asset optimisation
Focus areas
- Achieving maximum asset utilisation and efficiency by implementing continuous process optimisation across operations.
- Improving the stability and dependability of operations through the successful integration of technological advancements.
- Realising significant cost reductions by enhancing cooperation and synergy in logistical planning across all business segments.
Progress during 2025
- Improved utilisation of calcination assets in India following regulatory relief, supporting higher CPC production.
- Enhanced operational efficiency across production facilities through process improvements and technology integration.
- Continued optimising the global production network to improve plant reliability and operational performance.
Cost efficiency
Focus areas- Achieving effective financial discipline through the successful implementation of strategic, Company-wide cost-control measures.
- Realising lower operational expenses by significantly enhancing energy efficiency through systematic process optimisation.
- Securing measurable reductions in transportation costs by optimising logistics planning and network execution.
Progress during 2025
- Maintained strong cost discipline through Company-wide cost control and operational efficiency initiatives.
- Improved margins through better alignment between raw material costs and product pricing.
- Optimised logistics and operational processes to reduce transportation and operating costs.
Strengthening ESG commitment
Focus areas- Expanding upcycling and beneficial-use applications for industrial byproducts and waste streams. Successfully increasing the adoption of recycled and bio-based raw materials, thereby supporting circularity goals.
- Advancing energy transition projects to achieve tangible reductions in emissions and improve the overall environmental profile.
- Continue with dedicated CSR programmes.
Progress during 2025
- Improved safety performance across operations through strengthened safety management systems.
- Advanced initiatives to increase the use of recycled and alternative raw materials across operations.
- Continued efforts to convert industrial byproducts into valuable downstream materials, supporting circularity.