Dear customers and partners, Manufacturing Great news from Vietnam! During the past 8 weeks, 92 employees of our plant in Ben Tre volunteered to live in a hotel close the plant and continue working at the plant in full isolation. The rules set by the authorities did not allow them to go home to see…
Dear customers & partners, Chemically Activated Wood-based Carbon Recently, we have seen a sudden and very steep cost increase for producing our Colorsorb HP series of chemically activated wood-based carbon. This is due to a 100% cost increase of yellow phosphorous, feed material for phosphoric acid which is a key raw material to produce this…
Announcement Price increase as of September 1 for all Coal-based GAC and PAC from China Please note that prices will be increased for all direct activated Granular Activated Carbon (GAC), Re-agglomerated GAC and Powder Activated Carbon (PAC) up to 15% as of September 1, 2021. The price for coal-based pellets is scheduled to be increased…
Jacobi is announcing a general 10-20% price increase on all Activated Carbons, depending on product type, due to a substantial increase in raw material costs, currency exchange rates and several other costs related to dealing with the pandemic. The price increase will be applied to all shipments made (and invoiced) as of July 1, 2021.…
Dear customers & partners, Although we are experiencing tough times in our plants in India, particularly in Coimbatore, the Jacobi team is able to give back to the local communities and support the people in many different ways to get through this difficult time. Our close relationship with the communities and their authorities helps us…
Dear customer & partners, Recent developments in the world have worsened the ocean freight situation, so our expectation remains that ocean freight delays and costs will stay extremely high for the rest of the year. The same is expected for our raw material costs. Although we see the light at the end of the tunnel…
Dear customers & partners, Recent developments in the world have worsened the ocean freight situation. The blockage of the Suez canal and the swift recovery of the US economy are hindering shipping lines’ efforts to improve the current imbalance of container availability. Our expectation is that ocean freight delays and costs will remain highly impacted…
Dear customer & partners, Although vaccination programs are being implemented, the pandemic is far from over: India is going through a second COVID-wave with up to 70,000 new cases per day. Anticipating the Indian Government will soon enforce a new lockdown, we have re-imposed strict measures in our two Indian factories. Fortunately, we have sufficient…
Dear customers & partners, The pandemic is still a reality we all have to deal with on a daily basis. In several regions in the world, a third wave has been identified and societies are trying to contain the spread of the virus and prevent deaths through strict measures. At the same time, the vaccination…
Dear customers & partners, Today, we celebrate International Women’s Day and as such we would like to take a moment to recognize the tremendous contribution of our female staff to the success of Jacobi. We would not be where we are today without their skills, hard work, vision, ideas, and leadership. In our efforts to…
