Clariant Presents ColorForward® Interiors 2017 at Heimtextil Trade Fair

Judith Van Vliet presents ColorForward® 2017 at the Heimtextil in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. (Photo: Clariant)Muttenz, February 1, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, chose Heimtextil 2016, the international trade fair for home and contract textiles, as the venue for introducing ColorForward® Interiors 2017, the fourth annual trend and color forecasting guide for the fiber and textile market. Clariant Designer Judith van Vliet, who works at ColorWorks® Europe/IMEA in Merate, Italy, made the presentation before more than 100 interested visitors on the third day of the conference, which ran January 12 – 15 at Messe Frankfurt.

Clariant welcomes Britta Fuenfstueck as new member of the Executive Committee

Muttenz, January 28, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced today the appointment of Britta Fuenfstueck as a new member of its Executive Committee. Britta Fuenfstueck, former CEO of the Clinical Products Division at Siemens Healthcare, will join Clariant on April 1, 2016.

Clariant awarded RSPO Mass Balance certification for Asia Pacific and European production sites

Clariant offers RSPO MB certified palm-based ingredients to Personal and Home Care customers from all relevant facilities in Europe and Asia Pacific. (Photo: Clariant)Muttenz, January 27, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announces the achievement of Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Mass Balance (MB) certification for its production sites in Tangerang (Indonesia) and Tarragona (Spain). With this latest certification, Clariant is now able to offer RSPO MB certified palm-based ingredients to customers in the Personal and Home Care industry from all its relevant facilities in the Asia Pacific (APAC) and European regions.

sunliquid® is awarded the 2015 German Innovation Prize for Climate and Environment

Caption (l - r): Markus Rarbach, Head Start-up Business Project Biofuels & Derivatives (Clariant), and Andre Koltermann, Head Group Biotechnology (Clariant), received the German Innovation Prize for Climate and Environment in the category process innovation from Federal Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks and Holger Lösch, member of the BDI Executive Board. (Photo: Clariant)Muttenz, January 21, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, was honored for its innovative sunliquid technology for the production of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residues as part of the 2015 German Innovation Prize for Climate and Environment (IKU). The biotechnological process was awarded first place in the Process Innovations category and thus prevailed against 14 competitors.

Clariant performs groundbreaking for new Healthcare Packaging plant in India

Caption (from L-R): Deepak Parikh, Region President India, Christian Kohlpaintner, Member of Clariant’s Executive Committee, along with Marco Cenisio, Business Unit Head Masterbatches, and Ketan Premani, Head Clariant Healthcare Packaging Sales, India, performed the groundbreaking ceremony. (Photo: Clariant)Muttenz, January 20, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, performed the groundbreaking ceremony of a new manufacturing plant in Cuddalore, for moisture-control products, intended for the pharma industry. In December 2015, Clariant had announced plans to invest CHF 10 million in this Healthcare Packaging plant, that will support the growing generic pharmaceutical industry in India. The investment will be implemented through its wholly owned subsidiary in India.

Clariant and CB&I to design world's largest single-train dehydrogenation unit in China

Munich, January 19, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery Co. Ltd to develop an extensive propane and butane dehydrogenation unit in cooperation with CB&I. The project includes the license and engineering design of the co-processing unit, which is to be built in Dalian, Liaoning Province, China.

Clariant Presents Colors for 2017 in the Newest Edition of ColorForward®

Clariant Binder ColorForward® 2017. (Photo: Clariant)Muttenz, January 12, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has released ColorForward® 2017, the 11th annual color forecasting guide for the plastics industry. The 2017 guide visualizes trends like data mining, growing social disconnection and the search for more meaningful lives.

Clariant's Tangerang site receives Halal certification in Indonesia

PT. Clariant Indonesia, Tangerang Site. (Photo: Clariant)Singapore, January 11, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced today that its production site located in Tangerang, Indonesia under the business unit of Industrial & Consumer Specialties (ICS) has received the Halal certification in Indonesia. With the certification, Clariant's products will be granted better access to Muslim consumers located in countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia in Southeast Asia.

Clariant Oil Services Opens New Karratha, Western Australia Storage and Blending Facility

Clariant Oil Services Opens New Karratha, Western Australia Storage and Blending Facility. (Photo: Clariant)Houston, TX, December 22, 2015 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announces the opening of its new Karratha, Western Australia storage and blending facility. This facility will significantly reduce the chemical transport distance to customers and will provide improved local customer response to orders. This is a true paradigm shift for supporting oil and gas production efforts to the North West Shelf Venture and is complementary to sustainability initiatives for both Clariant and our customers.

Scania y Clariant desarrollan proyecto pionero de sustentabilidad para camiones a etanol

Scania y Clariant desarrollan proyecto pionero de sustentabilidad para camiones a etanol.
(Fotografía: Clariant)San Pablo, 17 de diciembre de 2015 – Clariant, una de las empresas líderes mundiales en especialidades químicas, y Scania, una de las principales fabricantes globales de vehículos pesados y motores industriales y marítimos, desarrollaron en conjunto un proyecto inédito como opción más económica y sustentable para el mercado de transporte de cargas: el uso de tres camiones movidos a etanol en las operaciones industriales de Clariant en Suzano (SP).

Clariant Oil Services awarded the Peregrino Chemicals contract by Statoil

Houston, TX, December 16, 2015 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has been awarded the chemical supply contract from Statoil, on behalf of the Peregrino license partners. The contract covers all chemicals used in the production process to treat oil, water and gas from the field, located offshore Brazil. The four year contract starts on January 1st and can be extended up to 10 years.

Mathias Lütgendorf to leave Clariant at year’s end

Muttenz, December 11, 2015 - Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced today that Dr. Mathias Lütgendorf, member of the Executive Committee of Clariant, will step down from the company’s Executive Committee. He will leave Clariant by best mutual agreement as of December 31, 2015. His successor will be announced shortly.