Cabot Corporation is a specialty chemicals and performance materials company. It operates in four segments: the Carbon Black Business, the Metal Oxides Business, the Supermetals Business, and the Specialty Fluids Business. Cabot's headquarters is located in Boston, Massachusetts. The company's slogan is "Creating What Matters". In 1882, Cabot Corporation was founded by Godfrey Lowell Cabot. The company started by focusing on certain metalloids and pharmaceuticals in the 20th century and continued into the 21st century by creating small electronic devices. Some of the products produced at... Cabot Corporation are: Although the company produces multiple products, 77% of the company's FY 2007 revenue came from the sale of Carbon Black, an ultra fine particle used primarily in the production of tire rubber. Other products include the Nanogel brand of aerogel. Sam Bodman, CEO of Cabot during the coltan boom, was appointed in December 2004 to serve as President Bush’s Secretary of Energy. Under Bodman’s leadership from 1987 to 2000, according to Jason Leopold in a Huffington Post article, Cabot was one of the U.S.
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| NYSE symbol: | CBT |
| Founded: | 1882 |
| Headquarters: | United States of America |
| Legal structure: | Public company |
| Annual revenue: | $2,543,000,000 |
| Operating income: | $284,000,000 |
| Market cap: | $2,100,000,000 |