US-based Cabot has opened a new Chinese masterbatch plant to cater to demand from Asia Pacific. It invested US$20 million in the black masterbatch plant located at its Tianjin facility, which is a joint venture with Shanghai Coking and Chemical, a subsidiary of Shanghai Huayi Group.
The plant, which is part of the world’s largest rubber and speciality carbon black facility, has a capacity of 45,000 tonnes/year with the ability to expand to 80,000 tonnes in the future.
Cabot says this new world-scale plant is the first fully integrated black masterbatch production plant with its carbon black production facilities. The Tianjin masterbatch plant will supply products to a broad range of industries, from China’s key infrastructure applications to the expanding automotive sector.
The Shanghai Huayi Group Company has partnered with Cabot for the past 23 years, on projects from Shanghai to Tianjin.(PRA)
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