Forging ahead and creating for a better tomorrow——Interview with Zhu Ji, President of Cabot Global Performance Materials Business and President of Asia Pacific

In 2021, the new crown pneumonia epidemic is still infesting the world's chemical industry, and global supply chain problems are still prominent, but even in such an environment, as rubber carbon black and special carbon black, battery conductive materials, elastic composites, inkjet A leader in products such as colorants, masterbatches, fumed silica and aerogels, Cabot continues to deliver impressive results

The market trend is positive, and the future performance is more expected

Looking back at 2021, Cabot had a pretty good run

For the future, Cabot has set more ambitious goals

Regarding the dazzling battery business segment, Zhu Ji said: "In the next three years, the battery business is expected to maintain an annual profit growth of 50%

Deepening the concentration of core business, focusing on the main target market

In November 2021, Cabot announced that it had acquired its Donghai Carbon (Tianjin) Co.

The action to expand the carbon black business does not stop there

Zhu Ji said: "The Xuzhou plant is one of the important actions of Cabot's 'advance core business' strategy

　　Looking back at 2021, Cabot's divestitures and acquisitions will coexist.

　　“Overall, we are excited about the prospect of high-growth investments, especially in batteries, where the growth of electric vehicles has sparked rapid growth in the lithium-ion battery industry

　　Committed to sustainable development and gradually achieve net zero carbon emissions

　　At present, China's "dual carbon" goal has been established, and at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, it is also clear that it will strengthen international climate cooperation in the future

　　In early 2022, Cabot announced its goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions globally by 2050

　　At the beginning of 2021, the Cabot Wuhai factory that has been in operation for more than a year, the Xuzhou factory that is in the warehousing and project construction stage, the Cabot (China) investment company where the Asia Pacific headquarters is located, and the Asia Pacific Technology Center have all completed the audit and received RC14001 Certification

　　Continue to cultivate responsible care and become an industry leader

　　It can be said that Cabot's efforts in the field of Responsible Care have never stopped, and the achievements are obvious to all, and it is a well-deserved industry leader

　　The employees of Wuhai Plant are also actively participating in dust reduction activities.

　　"In terms of Responsible Care, we have always emphasized 'endless'

　　It is precisely because of Cabot's unremitting efforts in sustainable development, effective market forecasting, concentration on core businesses, heavy pre-work accumulation, investment in innovative research and development, etc.
, Cabot's global specialty chemicals and functional The field of materials has always attracted the attention of the industry
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In the new year, Cabot continued to ride the wind and waves and set sail
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Zhu Ji said: "In general, we believe that 2022 is very promising
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In the Chinese market, we have several major tasks in 2022, most of which are closely related to the battery materials business
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In terms of silica business, it will also continue to seek expansion
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In Southeast Asia, for example, the masterbatch factory in Indonesia is expected to be put into operation in 2023.

Looking at the Asian market, Cabot will continue to expand in the next few years
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This optimistic The prospects are mainly due to Cabot's leadership in the market, innovation ability and outstanding team execution
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We also hope that the entire upstream and downstream industry chain will form a better linkage, and create greater value in the torrent of green and low-carbon development
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