BOSTON (Aug. 18) — Cabot Bluestar Chemical (Jiangxi) Company Ltd., a joint venture of Cabot Corp., has launched production of fumed silica at its recently completed Jiangxi Province, China, factory.
The venture — formed by Cabot subsidiary Cabot (China) Ltd. and Bluestar New Chemical Materials Co. Ltd., a member of the ChemChina Group — will serve a fumed silica market in China that is growing rapidly, especially in industrial applications, Cabot Chairman and CEO Kennett F. Burnes said.
Cabot Bluestar Chemical invested about $27 million to construct the plant, which has annual capacity of 4,800 metric tons. "We expect immediate utilization of the production capacity of this plant," said Xinsheng Zhang, president of Cabot (China).