Technology Centers


Technology Centers

Our technology centers are not just about creating new materials—they are where breakthrough innovations are born.

Our global technology centers are home to experienced and creative researchers whose mission is driving innovation and delivering cutting-edge technology solutions for our customers. These centers are hubs of collaboration, where our scientists and engineers work closely with customers to transform ideas into reality all around the world.   

Our advanced laboratory facilities, pilot plants and state-of-the-art analytical capabilities allow our team to make groundbreaking advancements from ideation to full-scale production. We believe that close connection with customers and industry collaborators accelerates the development of innovative solutions, ultimately bringing new products to market faster. This innovation network is essential to our commitment to helping customers meet their own ambitious goals.

 
Our Billerica Technology Center has been our key lab for delivering product, process and application innovation for over 50 years. Our exceptionally curious team, broad laboratory capabilities, and talented analytical scientists support and enable innovation across our product range, including reinforcing carbons, inkjet colorants, battery materials, specialty carbons, specialty compounds, fumed metal oxides and silica aerogel.

Billerica, Massachusetts, USA

Our Billerica Technology Center has been our key lab for delivering product, process and application innovation for over 50 years. Our exceptionally curious team, broad laboratory capabilities, and talented analytical scientists support and enable innovation across our product range, including reinforcing carbons, inkjet colorants, battery materials, specialty carbons, specialty compounds, fumed metal oxides and silica aerogel.

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Chiba, Japan plant
Our Chiba Technology Center is co-located at our Chiba carbon black plant. Our Chiba team has decades of experience collaborating with customers in the region to deliver advanced rubber reinforcement technology. Our team’s knowledge of structure-property relationships and reinforcing behavior of carbon black in natural and synthetic rubber supports our customers’ development for tires and industrial products.

Chiba, Japan

Our Chiba Technology Center is co-located at our Chiba carbon black plant. Our Chiba team has decades of experience collaborating with customers in the region to deliver advanced rubber reinforcement technology. Our team’s knowledge of structure-property relationships and reinforcing behavior of carbon black in natural and synthetic rubber supports our customers’ development for tires and industrial products.

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Our Münster Technology Center is the newest lab in our network, focused on collaborating with customers to develop advanced battery applications. With deep electrochemical expertise and ecosystem connection, this team’s mission is to accelerate innovation in lithium-ion batteries within Europe and across the globe. 

Münster, Germany

Our Münster Technology Center is the newest lab in our network, focused on collaborating with customers to develop advanced battery applications. With deep electrochemical expertise and ecosystem connection, this team’s mission is to accelerate innovation in lithium-ion batteries within Europe and across the globe. 

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Pampa, Texas, USA
Our Pampa Development and Manufacturing Center is the critical link for scaling up many of our most advanced carbon products and processes. Our engineers and engineering capabilities at this site play a key role in ensuring that ideas turn into reality for our reinforcing carbons, specialty carbons and conductive carbons, as many of those technologies and processes that we produce today were developed at this center.

Pampa, Texas, USA

Our Pampa Development and Manufacturing Center is the critical link for scaling up many of our most advanced carbon products and processes. Our engineers and engineering capabilities at this site play a key role in ensuring that ideas turn into reality for our reinforcing carbons, specialty carbons and conductive carbons, as many of those technologies and processes that we produce today were developed at this center.

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Belgium, Pepinster
Our Pepinster Application Development Center delivers innovation and new product development focused on applications for plastics and adhesives. Whether provided to customers as fine particles or in downstream specialty compounds, this team’s focus is on the design and incorporation of tailored carbons and silica into polymer-based formulations.

Pepinster, Belgium

Our Pepinster Application Development Center delivers innovation and new product development focused on applications for plastics and adhesives. Whether provided to customers as fine particles or in downstream specialty compounds, this team’s focus is on the design and incorporation of tailored carbons and silica into polymer-based formulations.

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Shanghai Cabot ATC lab
Our Shanghai Asia Technology Center is co-located at our regional headquarters in Shanghai and features state-of-the-art application development and testing capabilities, as well as analytical competencies to support innovation. Our team of highly skilled researchers and scientists accelerate innovation and applications development for our Asia-based customers across a broad range of applications including tires, fiber, silicone sealants, and many others.

Shanghai, China

Our Shanghai Asia Technology Center is co-located at our regional headquarters in Shanghai and features state-of-the-art application development and testing capabilities, as well as analytical competencies to support innovation. Our team of highly skilled researchers and scientists accelerate innovation and applications development for our Asia-based customers across a broad range of applications including tires, fiber, silicone sealants, and many others.

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Zhuhai
Our Zhuhai Technology Center is co-located at our carbon nanotube (CNT) plant, where our dedicated team of scientists and engineers focus on improving CNTs for advanced battery applications. Through strong global collaboration, this team is developing and scaling up both novel CNTs and tailored dispersions of conductive additives to meet the growing needs of our battery customers.

Zhuhai, China

Our Zhuhai Technology Center is co-located at our carbon nanotube (CNT) plant, where our dedicated team of scientists and engineers focus on improving CNTs for advanced battery applications. Through strong global collaboration, this team is developing and scaling up both novel CNTs and tailored dispersions of conductive additives to meet the growing needs of our battery customers.

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