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Cabot Corporation starts first world class fumed silica new facility in China

18 Aug 2006 - Cabot Corporation announced the start-up of China's first world-class fumed silica manufacturing facility located in Jiangxi Province, China. The facility is a project of Cabot Bluestar Chemical (Jiangxi) Company Ltd., a joint venture between a Cabot subsidiary, Cabot (China) Limited, and Bluestar New Chemical Materials Co., Ltd., a member of the ChemChina Group. Cabot Bluestar Chemical (Jiangxi) Company Ltd. invested approximately US$27 million to construct the plant with an annual capacity of 4,800 metric tons. The new facility is designed to primarily serve the growing fumed silica market in China.