Cabot Proposes European Restructure
Kennett Burnes, Cabot's Chairman and CEO stated, "We recognize that these actions create difficult situations for some of our employees and the associated communities. However, we believe these steps are necessary to address over-capacity in our rubber blacks manufacturing system resulting from low-priced imports and migration of tire production out of Western Europe."
This market situation was further impacted by the EU Member States' decision not to adopt the recommendation made by the European Commission to impose anti-dumping duties on carbon black imports into the EU from Russia and Egypt.
The Company expects that these initiatives could result in a pre-tax charge to earnings of approximately $60 million over the next 18 to 24 months. Approximately $30 million of the charge is expected to be recorded during fiscal year 2003. Total cash outlays related to the program over the 18 to 24 month period are expected to be approximately $25 million.
Cabot's major products are carbon black, fumed silica, inkjet colorants, and capacitor materials. Cabot has approximately 4,500 employees in 45 manufacturing plants located in 23 countries around the world.
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