Cabot Corporation Increases Prices for SpectrAl® Fumed Alumina Products Globally

April 17, 2014

BOSTON – Cabot  Corporation (NYSE: CBT), a global specialty chemicals and performance materials  company, will raise prices worldwide for its SpectrAl®  fumed alumina products.  Prices will be  increased up to 40 percent, depending on the product grade.  This change will be effective for all  shipments made on or after May 2, 2014, or as customer contracts allow.
  This price increase is necessary due to the increasingly  high costs required to operate the business.   This adjustment will allow Cabot to continue to provide our customers  with a reliable supply of high-quality products. 

ABOUT CABOT CORPORATION

Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a global specialty chemicals and  performance materials company, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The  company is a leading provider of rubber and specialty carbons, activated carbon, inkjet colorants, cesium formate  drilling fluids, fumed silica, aerogel, and elastomer composites. For more  information on Cabot, please visit the company’s website at: http://www.cabotcorp.com.    

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