Cabot breaks ground on Chinese fumed silica plant

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tianjin, China -- Cabot Corp. has broken ground on its new fumed silica manufacturing facility located in Tianjin, China. The facility is a project of Cabot Bluestar Chemical (Tianjin) Co., Ltd, a joint venture between Cabot and China National Bluestar (Group) Corp. The joint venture will invest approximately $40 million to build a fumed silica facility with a manufacturing capacity of approximately 7000 metric tons per year, to be commissioned in mid 2010.

Cabot's President and CEO, Mr. Patrick Prevost, said "The partnership between Cabot and the Bluestar Group has been forged over many years and today we continue to build on that excellent relationship with the addition of this fumed silica manufacturing facility in Tianjin. We are proud of both our carbon black and fumed silica operations in China and working together with the highly skilled local workforce and with the continued support of local officials, we are committed to supplying high quality fumed silica products from this state-of-the-art facility."

Xinsheng Zhang, President of Cabot (China) Limited, said, "With the increasing demand in China and throughout the Asia Pacific region, this new fumed silica capacity will allow us to serve as a reliable source of high quality material for the Bluestar Group as they grow their silicones business, and to serve our other customers in the region as well."

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Press release from Cabot