US-based Cabot Corp. plans to expand production capacity by 25% at its fumed silica facility in Barry, Wales, UK, the company said today.
The expansion is expected to be completed in 2012 and is part of a three-year plan to increase Cabot’s global fumed metal oxide capacity by 35- 40%.
“The project is an extension of Cabot’s long-term partnership with [silicones producer] Dow Corning,...