By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Sept. 17 -- Shanghai Cabot Chemical Co. Ltd. plans to expand its carbon black production facility in Shanghai, China, to increase carbon black production by more than 50,000 tonnes/year.
The $25 million plant expansion will use advanced technology developed by Cabot Corp., Boston, and is expected to be fully operational by early 2004.
Formed in 1988, Shanghai Cabot Chemical is a 70:30 respective joint venture of Cabot and Shanghai Coking Chemical Co. The JV began carbon black production in 1992.
Carbon black is a reinforcing material used in the tire and rubber industries. Currently, China ranks third in the world in its consumption of carbon black, behind the US and Japan.
