Cabot corporation breaks ground on indonesian carbon black expansion project

Cabot corporation marked the groundbreaking of its previously announced carbon black capacity expansion project in cilegon, indonesia. this phase of the project will add approximately 80,000 metric tons of additional annual production capacity and is expected to be completed in 2021. the new capacity from this project will provide a reliable, local, high quality supply to serve the increasing carbon black demand in indonesia and throughout southeast asia, which is growing at 4 to 5% per year. the expansion in cilegon is part of a larger global capacity expansion and debottlenecking project, announced in may 2018. cabot has made significant progress towards its stated goal of expanding global carbon black manufacturing capacity by 300,000 metric tons. this capacity increase is enabling cabot to support the growth of its tire, industrial rubber and specialty carbons customers worldwide.
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