American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute

What American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute does

ACCCI is a private nonprofit trade association founded in 1944 to serve the metallurgical coke and coal chemicals industry in the United States and Canada. The organization is governed by its member companies and operates from a Washington, D.C. headquarters at 818 18th St NW, Suite 810, with an administrative office in Cazenovia, New York. Its membership spans approximately 45 companies and nearly 150 individual representatives across seven categories: merchant metallurgical coke producers, integrated metallurgical coke producers, tar refiners, metallurgical coal producers, sales agents and brokers, chemical producers and processors, and industry suppliers. Members represent over 95% of metallurgical coke produced in the U.S. and Canada and 100% of coal chemicals companies in those markets.

ACCCI delivers value to its members through four primary program areas: federal advocacy on legislative and regulatory actions affecting the industry (notably EPA and OSHA matters); information exchange via annual meetings, biannual MESH (Manufacturing, Environmental, Safety & Health) Committee meetings, monthly legislative and regulatory reports, and quarterly statistical reports on coke production and inventory; safety benchmarking through the Max Eward Safety Award for coke plants and the Tar Refiner Safety Award for tar refining facilities; and promotional efforts to advance the use of coke and its byproducts. The organization does not develop proprietary technology products, software platforms, or AI systems; its value rests on institutional convening power, regulatory voice, and industry data aggregation.

The business model is annual subscription-based membership dues (2026 dues publicly disclosed at $5,570 for the company tier), supplemented by event registration fees and annual meeting sponsorships (e.g., 2026 Annual Meeting Sponsorship, Golf and Club Fees, Board Dinner charges). ACCCI has no disclosed funding rounds, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no ownership changes on record. Leadership is provided by President David C. Ailor, P.E., who has held the role since 2015 and reports to a member-elected Board of Directors currently chaired by Ron Burnette of DTE Vantage, with Vice Chair Ben Rankin of Hickman, Williams and Company and Secretary-Treasurer Rob Carlin of DTE Vantage. The organization has no AI or ML capabilities, no patents, and no public technology stack; its competitive position rests entirely on its institutional mandate and near-universal industry representation.

Name

American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute

Legal name

American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute

Website

https://accci.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1944

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute (ACCCI) is a 1944-founded nonprofit trade association serving the U.S. and Canadian metallurgical coke and coal chemicals industry, representing over 95% of metallurgical coke production and 100% of coal chemicals companies through approximately 45 member companies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: ACCCI generates revenue through annual membership dues from member companies across various categories including merchant coke producers, integrated coke producers, tar refiners, metallurgical coal producers, sales agents/brokers, chemical producers/processors, and industry suppliers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ACCCI is a nonprofit trade association that serves as the collective voice and forum for the metallurgical coke and coal chemicals industry in the U.S. and Canada. It provides legislative and regulatory advocacy, hosts annual and committee meetings for information exchange, publishes quarterly production and inventory statistics, runs the Max Eward and Tar Refiner Safety Award programs, and promotes the use of coke and its byproducts in the marketplace. Members include merchant and integrated coke producers, tar refiners, metallurgical coal producers, sales agents/brokers, chemical producers/processors, and industry suppliers.

Product overview

American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute (ACCCI) is a trade association, not a product company. It does not offer commercial products or services in the traditional sense. ACCCI provides member services to the metallurgical coke and coal chemicals industry, including advocacy on Federal legislative and regulatory actions, annual industry meetings, semiannual Manufacturing, Environmental, and Safety & Health (MESH) Committee meetings, quarterly statistical reporting on coke production and distribution, employee safety benchmarking with the Max Eward Safety Award for coke plants and Tar Refiner Safety Award for tar refining plants, and industry information exchange programs. The association's membership categories include Merchant Metallurgical Coke Producers, Integrated Metallurgical Coke Producers, Tar Refiners, Metallurgical Coal Producers, Sales Agents/Brokers, Chemical Producers/Processors, Industry Suppliers, and Academic Individuals.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ACCCI Membership
• ACCCI Annual Meeting
• MESH Committee Meetings
• Quarterly Coke Producer and Tar Refiner Statistical Reports
• Monthly Legislative and Regulatory Reports
• Max Eward Safety Award
• Tar Refiner Safety Award
• Federal Legislative and Regulatory Advocacy
• ACCCI Industry Information Resources
• Occupational Injury and Illness Reporting Program

Named customers8 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Related Industry Trade AssociationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerACCCI joins with other industry trade associations, as necessary, in implementing its mission to advance the interests of the metallurgical coke and coal chemicals industry. The institute works with related industries and industry coalitions in order to meet the coke industry's goals and challenges.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Regional players

• National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association: US trade association for the aggregates industry; comparable in operating model (dues-funded, advocacy-led, safety awards, statistics) to ACCCI, though serving an unrelated industrial commodity sector.

Broad incumbents

• American Chemistry Council: Large US trade association for the chemical industry; comparable as a dues-funded industrial-sector advocacy body that includes coal-chemicals and byproduct processors (e.g., Koppers, Rain Carbon) in its addressable membership universe.
• American Petroleum Institute: Largest US trade association for the oil and gas industry; comparable in operating model (dues-funded, legislative lobbying, statistics, safety programs) though much larger in scope and budget than ACCCI.

Direct peers

• Steel Manufacturers Association: Trade association for North American electric arc furnace steel producers; directly comparable to ACCCI as a steel-value-chain industry association, though oriented toward EAF rather than integrated/BF steelmaking.
• American Coal Council: Trade association representing the US coal industry, including metallurgical coal. Closely comparable to ACCCI in scale, governance, and policy remit, with overlapping member companies and similar advocacy on environmental and trade issues affecting coal.
• National Mining Association: US trade association for the mining industry, including metallurgical coal producers that are ACCCI members (e.g., Rosebud Mining). Same dues-funded, advocacy-led model targeting Federal regulatory and legislative engagement on coal-related issues.
• The Aluminum Association: US trade association for the aluminum industry; structurally identical model to ACCCI (dues-funded, advocacy, statistics, safety awards, technical committees) serving an industrial metals sector.
• World Steel Association: Global trade association for the steel industry, operating a similar advocacy, statistics, and member-services model as ACCCI but at international scale; comparable in structure (dues-funded, member-driven) and in serving the same downstream customer base.
• National Oilseed Processors Association: US trade association for oilseed processors; directly comparable in structure and size to ACCCI, and notably the prior employer of ACCCI's current President, providing an explicit operating-model reference point.
• American Iron and Steel Institute: The principal US trade association for the steel industry; closely comparable to ACCCI as a membership-based advocacy and statistics organization for an industrial commodity sector, with overlapping member companies (Cleveland-Cliffs, U.S. Steel, AK Steel) and shared regulatory/legislative engagement.

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Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

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