Birla Carbon Ltd. is right next door, in Hamilton. There, they produce a material called “carbon black,” which is used, according to Eric Chiasson, Your Personal Engineer, “for making tires more durable, steel stronger, rubber more electro-dissipative, and black things blacker.”


Eric Chiasson is a civil engineer by training and a construction manager by trade. Having built many infrastructure projects throughout Canada and the United States over the past 25 years, he has become a subject matter expert in infrastructure and construction. Eric is driven by his curiosity to learn more about how things are built and how they work, encouraging others to join the ranks of those who design and build the infrastructure that makes living in our cities possible.

For more information on Eric, click through to his LinkedIn profile here