Cabot Corporation is an American specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston , Massachusetts . The company operates in over 20 countries with 36 manufacturing plants, eight research and development facilities and 28 sales offices.
30-464: Cabot Corporation was founded by Godfrey Lowell Cabot in 1882 when he applied for a patent for a "carbon black making apparatus". The company incorporated in the state of Delaware in 1960. In 1993, a team of Cabot researchers developed a process for modifying the surface of carbon , allowing chemists and researchers to prepare surface modified carbon black products with properties never before associated with carbon materials. This breakthrough led to
60-643: A global initiative. Cabot is implementing RC 14001, which incorporates the requirements of both the ACC Responsible Care and the ISO 14001 Management Systems, for all its manufacturing facilities, beginning with those in North America. Cabot’s 2010/2011 sustainability report, titled "Sustainability Matters: Cabot Corporation’s 2010/2011 Sustainability Report", met all the informational requirements to receive an Application Level C certification from
90-457: A global initiative. Cabot is implementing RC 14001, which incorporates the requirements of both the ACC Responsible Care and the ISO 14001 Management Systems, for all its manufacturing facilities, beginning with those in North America. Cabot’s 2010/2011 sustainability report, titled "Sustainability Matters: Cabot Corporation’s 2010/2011 Sustainability Report", met all the informational requirements to receive an Application Level C certification from
120-402: A number of research laboratories. By 1890, Cabot Corporation , had become America's fourth-largest producer of carbon black, which was used in products, such as inks, shoe polishes , and paints. But with the subsequent advent and popularity of cars, carbon black became in much greater demand as six pounds of it was required in the production of a single tire, and Cabot's incomes soared. Cabot
150-730: A progressive surgeon. Cabot attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a year, before graduating from Harvard College with a SB in chemistry , in 1882. He was a famous aviation pioneer and World War I U.S. Navy pilot. He also founded the Aero Club of New England. Cabot founded Godfrey L. Cabot, Inc. and its successor, Cabot Corporation , in 1882. It became an industrial empire which included carbon black plants and tens of thousands of acres of land rich in gas, oil, and other minerals; 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of pipeline; seven corporations with worldwide operations; three facilities for converting natural gas into gasoline; and
180-462: A reportable spill or release, a Notice of Violation, a public complaint or certain permit deviations. The company invested over $ 35 million in FY 2011 on environmentally-related capital projects to improve efficiency and maintain regulatory compliance. The company’s goal is a 20% reduction in greenhouse gas emission intensity by 2020, using 2005 as the baseline year. One example of greenhouse gas reduction
210-414: A reportable spill or release, a Notice of Violation, a public complaint or certain permit deviations. The company invested over $ 35 million in FY 2011 on environmentally-related capital projects to improve efficiency and maintain regulatory compliance. The company’s goal is a 20% reduction in greenhouse gas emission intensity by 2020, using 2005 as the baseline year. One example of greenhouse gas reduction
240-654: Is a heat recovery advancement project to convert exhaust heat to steam at the company’s fumed metal oxides plant in Rheinfelden, Germany. The steam produced is used in the plant if needed or sold to a neighboring company. The project has the potential to reduce GHG emissions by 1,400 MTs each year. In 2010 Cabot joined the American Chemistry Council , and as such is obliged to implement the Council’s Responsible Care program as part of
270-443: Is a heat recovery advancement project to convert exhaust heat to steam at the company’s fumed metal oxides plant in Rheinfelden, Germany. The steam produced is used in the plant if needed or sold to a neighboring company. The project has the potential to reduce GHG emissions by 1,400 MTs each year. In 2010 Cabot joined the American Chemistry Council , and as such is obliged to implement the Council’s Responsible Care program as part of
300-466: Is an American specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston , Massachusetts . The company operates in over 20 countries with 36 manufacturing plants, eight research and development facilities and 28 sales offices. Cabot Corporation was founded by Godfrey Lowell Cabot in 1882 when he applied for a patent for a "carbon black making apparatus". The company incorporated in
330-753: Is chaired by non-executive John F. O'Brien, retired President and Chief Executive Officer Allmerica Financial Corp. In 1953, the non-profit Cabot Corporation Foundation, Inc. was established, and the Foundation's charter was amended in 1992 to permit grants to qualified charitable organizations outside of the United States. Cabot has offered aid to earthquake victims in Japan, and the Outward Bound organization. Godfrey Lowell Cabot Godfrey Lowell Cabot (February 26, 1861 – November 2, 1962)
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#1732790863235360-582: The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism , as well as an endowed professorship at the institution. In 1973, Harvard 's Godfrey Lowell Cabot Science Library was named in his honor. Cabot was associated with Calvin Coolidge from Coolidge's Boston days. There is also an audio recording of a discussion between Cabot and Dwight D. Eisenhower on the influence of public opinion on government policy , communism ,
390-652: The Soviet Union , aviation, and V-2 rockets in 1950, kept by the Miller Center of Public Affairs . While in his nineties, Cabot sponsored the restoration of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology 's (MCZ) complete Kronosaurus skeleton. Having been interested in sea serpents since childhood and thus often questioning MCZ director Alfred Romer about the existence and reports of sea serpents, it thus occurred to Dr. Romer to tell Mr. Cabot about
420-612: The Global Reporting Initiatives. Cabot’s adherence to GRI reporting standards affirms its commitment to more transparent and thorough reporting. In 2012, Cabot Corporation was selected as a Bronze Winner for the Ninth Annual Team Massachusetts Economic Impact Awards. They were also selected as one of CR Magazine’s 100 Best Corporate Citizens for 2012. The American Chemistry Council honored Cabot with
450-409: The Global Reporting Initiatives. Cabot’s adherence to GRI reporting standards affirms its commitment to more transparent and thorough reporting. In 2012, Cabot Corporation was selected as a Bronze Winner for the Ninth Annual Team Massachusetts Economic Impact Awards. They were also selected as one of CR Magazine’s 100 Best Corporate Citizens for 2012. The American Chemistry Council honored Cabot with
480-802: The Responsible Care Performance Award in April 2012 for helping the ACC meet industry-wide safety and product stewardship targets. In April 2012, Cabot ranked forty-fourth among the top 100 leading companies that demonstrated superior management, mitigation and adaptation in the field of climate innovation. Cabot was awarded a 2012 Leadership Award for the Massachusetts Excellence in Commuter Options Awards. Cabot Corporation’s Board of Directors
510-453: The Responsible Care Performance Award in April 2012 for helping the ACC meet industry-wide safety and product stewardship targets. In April 2012, Cabot ranked forty-fourth among the top 100 leading companies that demonstrated superior management, mitigation and adaptation in the field of climate innovation. Cabot was awarded a 2012 Leadership Award for the Massachusetts Excellence in Commuter Options Awards. Cabot Corporation’s Board of Directors
540-556: The basis of Cabot's Inkjet Colorants business unit, which was founded in 1996. In 2003, Cabot developed a commercialized process that allows continuous production of aerogels under ambient conditions, which was the start of the company’s Aerogel business. In 2009, Cabot completed construction of and began operating two additional rubber black production plants at its carbon black plant in Tianjin, China, increasing capacity to 150,000 metric tons. In July 2012, Cabot purchased Norit NV,
570-535: 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 , Cabot was one of the U.S.’s largest polluters, accounting for 60,000 tons of airborne toxic emissions annually. Cabot reduced its Environmental Non-Conformance events (ENCs), from a high of over 80 incidents in 2008, to 17 in FY 2012. The company defines an environmental non-conformance event as
600-476: 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 , Cabot was one of the U.S.’s largest polluters, accounting for 60,000 tons of airborne toxic emissions annually. Cabot reduced its Environmental Non-Conformance events (ENCs), from a high of over 80 incidents in 2008, to 17 in FY 2012. The company defines an environmental non-conformance event as
630-590: The controversial activist organization known as the New England Society for the Suppression of Vice in Boston. Before Cabot's involvement, the society had made its mark by helping instigate obscenity charges against Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. Under Cabot's direction, the organization renamed Watch and Ward Society used economic, social, and legal pressures and even harassment techniques to block
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#1732790863235660-601: The development of new technologies and products including aqueous inkjet colorants, for printer ink the basis of Cabot's Inkjet Colorants business unit, which was founded in 1996. In 2003, Cabot developed a commercialized process that allows continuous production of aerogels under ambient conditions, which was the start of the company’s Aerogel business. In 2009, Cabot completed construction of and began operating two additional rubber black production plants at its carbon black plant in Tianjin, China, increasing capacity to 150,000 metric tons. In July 2012, Cabot purchased Norit NV,
690-479: The largest producer of activated carbon , for US$ 1.1 billion . Cabot sold its Supermetals business, which produced tantalum, niobium and related alloys, in 2011 to Global Advanced Metals Pty Ltd. The company has reduced total recordable injuries by over 25% in the last five years. However, the company experienced two fatalities in 2011. The severity of incidents has caused the company to look at all aspects of workplace safety. Sam Bodman , CEO of Cabot during
720-474: The largest producer of activated carbon , for US$ 1.1 billion . Cabot sold its Supermetals business, which produced tantalum, niobium and related alloys, in 2011 to Global Advanced Metals Pty Ltd. The company has reduced total recordable injuries by over 25% in the last five years. However, the company experienced two fatalities in 2011. The severity of incidents has caused the company to look at all aspects of workplace safety. Sam Bodman , CEO of Cabot during
750-465: The recording device by saying he needed incriminating evidence to remove Pelletier from office. The Society had also hired a private detective to keep the district attorney under surveillance for two years. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court found Pelletier guilty of 10 of the 21 charges against him and removed him from office. On June 23, 1890, Cabot married Maria B. Moors. They had five children: Cabot Corporation Cabot Corporation
780-456: The sale and distribution of books which they disapproved of for moral reasons. Among the writers to which they objected were Conrad Aiken , Sherwood Anderson , John Dos Passos , Theodore Dreiser , William Faulkner , Ernest Hemingway , Aldous Huxley , James Joyce , Sinclair Lewis , Bertrand Russell , Upton Sinclair , and H. G. Wells . While president, he wiretapped the office of district attorney Joseph C. Pelletier . Cabot justified
810-411: The state of Delaware in 1960. In 1993, a team of Cabot researchers developed a process for modifying the surface of carbon , allowing chemists and researchers to prepare surface modified carbon black products with properties never before associated with carbon materials. This breakthrough led to the development of new technologies and products including aqueous inkjet colorants, for printer ink
840-613: The unexcavated Kronosaurus skeleton in the museum closet. Godfrey Cabot thus asked how much a restoration would cost and "Romer, pulling a figure out of the musty air, replied, 'Oh, about $ 10,000.'" Romer may not have been serious but the philanthropist clearly was because the check for said sum came shortly thereafter. To this day, the application to the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences asks applicants, "Are you an employee of Godfrey L. Cabot, Inc. or any associated companies?" Cabot also devoted his resources to
870-454: Was also a significant benefactor of MIT , primarily in solar research, resulting in important discoveries in photochemistry , thermal electricity , and in the construction of experimental solar houses. He also established the Godfrey L. Cabot Award for the advancement of aviation, Harvard 's Maria Moors Cabot Foundation for Botanical Research, the annual Maria Moors Cabot prize awarded by
900-598: Was an American industrialist who founded the Cabot Corporation . Godfrey Lowell Cabot was born in Boston , Massachusetts and attended Boston Latin School. His father was Samuel Cabot III , an eminent surgeon, and his mother was Hannah Lowell Jackson Cabot. He had seven siblings: three being, Lilla Cabot (b. 1848), among the first American impressionist artists , Samuel Cabot IV (b. 1850), chemist and founder of Cabot Stains , and Arthur Tracy Cabot (born 1852),
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