Cabot Corporation
Global specialty-chemicals company supplying carbon additives and conductive materials for batteries.
Profile
Cabot Corporation is a US-based global specialty-chemicals and performance-materials company, headquartered in Boston, with more than 140 years of history. It is a significant supplier of conductive additives and other materials for batteries. It is publicly listed.
The company describes itself as the only global player with a comprehensive portfolio of additive materials for batteries, including conductive carbons, carbon nanotubes and carbon nanostructures used in lithium-ion electrodes, fumed metal oxides that improve cathode, separator and electrolyte stability, and aerogel used as thermal barriers to mitigate cell thermal runaway. It also supplies performance carbons for advanced lead-acid batteries.
Cabot has expanded its battery-materials capacity, including acquiring and converting carbon-black plants to battery grades, positioning it as a key materials-additives supplier across lithium-ion and lead chemistries.
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