a manufacturer of wood stain and other wood finishes . it was founded by samuel cabot iv in 1877 and remained privately held until it was acquired by the valspar corporation in 2005 . 1 its best known brand is cabot stain . its headquarters are in newburyport massachusetts . history edit samuel cabot iv studied chemistry at m.i.t. and zurich polytechnic now eth zurich . after visiting factories in europe he was inspired to work on coal tar based products . he set up a laboratory in chelsea massachusetts and his brother godfrey joined him in 1882 . they produced household disinfectant sheep dip wood preservatives and shingle stain using coal tar that was a by product of the gas works in boston . they later bought a factory in worthington pennsylvania which produced lampblack for making ink from natural gas . the pennsylvania factory later shut down because of insufficient gas and godfrey proposed to move the plant to kittanning . samuel declined to invest in this venture and godfrey bought out samuel s interest in the pennsylvania operations . samuel s part of the company continued as samuel cabot incorporated and godfrey s became cabot corporation . 2 notes edit valspar completes acquisition of samuel cabot incorporated minneapolis june 14 2005 . press release thomas d. cabot a short history of cabot corporation in elkan blout ed . the power of boldness isbn 0 309 05445 1 p. 135ff external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title samuel cabot incorporated & oldid 676357593 categories manufacturing companies based in massachusettscompanies established in 1877companies based in newburyport massachusetts navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 august 2015 at 13 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view