Cabot Corporation

Cabot Corporation is a global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, with offices in the Seaport. Publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange, it makes reinforcing carbons used in rubber products, specialty carbons, battery materials, engineered elastomer composites, fumed metal oxides, masterbatches and conductive compounds, inkjet colorants and aerogel. Its customers are in the transportation, infrastructure, environment and consumer industries around the world.

The company has been an industry leader for more than 140 years and employs about 4,100 people worldwide. Research and development runs through global technology centers that pair engineers and scientists with market intelligence. Cabot recently acquired Mexico Carbon Manufacturing from Bridgestone to strengthen its reinforcing carbons business, and it publishes sustainability reports tracking progress toward 2030 goals and a net zero emissions target for 2050.

What to Know

• Cabot has received a platinum rating from EcoVadis for six consecutive years.
• The company participates in the Responsible Care initiative for health, safety and sustainability.
• Its stock trades under the ticker CBT.
• The Seaport listing is an office and research workplace rather than a retail location.