Koppers carbon materials and chemicals are essential to the production of rubber products, aluminum and steel. They increase the durability of many products including utility poles, railroad crossties and marine pilings.

Carbon Pitch is the primary product from the distillation of coal tar. It is used as a binding agent in the production of carbon anodes for aluminum smelters, and graphite electrodes for electric arc furnace steel producers.

Distillates are made up of crude coke oven tar components, which are produced during the high temperature coking of bituminous coal.

Coke is the residue of the carbonization of bituminous coal and is the burden support, fuel and reductant in blast furnaces.

Primarily used for the production of phthalic anhydride and for the production of dyes.

Koppers petroleum pitches are derived from a highly aromatic tar of petroleum origin, which has been specially selected for its desirable and consistent properties.

Koppers petroleum pitch solutions are derived from a highly aromatic tar of petroleum origin which has been specially selected for its desirable and consistent properties. They are non-reactive and compatible with most epoxy, polyurethane, vinyl and chlorinated rubber systems.

Used to produce esters used in phthalate plasticizers, polyester resins, and alkyd resins for coating compositions and in the manufacture of dye intermediates and pigments, saccharin, polyester polyols, and flame-retardants.

Refined tar is a complex mixture of high boiling organic compounds manufactured during the selective distillation of crude coke oven tar.

Koppers Special Pitches and Tars are produced from specially selected and treated high temperature coke oven tars. They are highly aromatic in character and when combined with an epoxy or polyurethane resin will produce a relatively low cost coating which meets the high quality standards required by today’s surface coating industry.

The various coal tar products of Koppers Europe are derived from the distillation of high temperature crude tars. The range of products comprises several types of sidestream oils and various cutback pitch / oil blends.