Clariant Presents Creative, Sustainable Packaging Solutions

Muttenz, April 21, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, is exhibiting in Booth D508 at Luxe Pack New York 2016, the premiere show for creative packaging, which is being held May 11 & 12. New products to enhance the appearance of packaging, reduce material use and bottle weight and expand the use of liquid color and additive concentrates are on display. ColorForward 2017, Clariant’s trend analysis and color design tool is also featured.

Clariant’s shareholders approve all agenda items at the Annual General Meeting

Rudolf Wehrli, Chairman of the Board of Directors, opens the 21th Annual General Meeting of Clariant AG. 
(Photo: Clariant)Muttenz, April 21, 2016 – At today’s Annual General Meeting in Basel, the shareholders of Clariant AG, a world leader in specialty chemicals, approved all agenda items and proposals put forward by the Board of Directors. The meeting was attended by 323 shareholders and shareholder representatives accounting for 188 389 574 shares or around 56.75 % of the share capital of Clariant.

Clariant concludes extensive testing on sugarcane residues with excellent results

Clariant’s pre-commercial plant: sugarcane bagasse loaded into bulk handling system. (Photo: Clariant)Munich, April 19, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has conducted comprehensive tests on over 40 containers of sugarcane bagasse and tops & leaves from Brazil at its pilot and pre-commercial facilities in Straubing, Germany to receive in-depth technical and economic validation of the sunliquid® technology. With the tests Clariant confirmed once more that the total cost per liter of cellulosic ethanol including feedstock, conversion and depreciation using the sunliquid technology can achieve price competitiveness with sugarcane ethanol pricing in Brazil.

Clariant ColorWorks® Helps Chairs Win Design Awards

Clariant ColorWorks® Helps Chairs Win Design Awards. (Photo: Clariant)Muttenz, April 19, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announces that its ColorWorks® Europe design & technology center played a key role in helping Italian furniture manufacturer Brado develop five new chair designs, two of which have already won awards.

Clariant’s 2015 Sustainability Report is now available

Muttenz, April 18, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today published its Sustainability Report 2015. The report is available on http://reports.clariant.com/2015/sustainability-report. There is the option to download the document in German and English language. In addition the report can also be ordered as hard copy via the company website.

Clariant expands bleaching earth capacity in Mexico

Clariant expands its Tonsil® bleaching earths production capacities in Mexico. (Photo: Clariant)Muttenz, April 13, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, is increasing production capacity for Tonsil® bleaching earths and Tonsil Coarse Optimized (CO) grades at its Puebla site in Mexico by 30 %. The additional capacity comes on stream as of April 2016, concluding two years of work of an investment in the mid single-digit million range in Swiss francs to expand the production capabilities of Clariant’s newest Tonsil production line at Puebla.

Discover Tomorrow’s Beauty: Clariant launches inspirational trend guide for the personal care industry

The four BeautyForward profile types are setting trends for personal care solutions. (Photo: Clariant)Muttenz, April 13, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has introduced its new inspirational trend guide BeautyForward® to the personal care industry. Launched on in-cosmetics 2016 in Paris, one of the most important global trade fairs for personal care ingredients, BeautyForward unveils new trends to help drive innovation in the personal care segment.

Clariant launches BeautyForward® to inspire Personal Care industry to discover tomorrow’s beauty

BeautyForward® is not intended to impose a direction, but to inspire us to rethink our future – Clariant has launched its inspirational trend guide for the Personal Care segment. (Photo: Clariant)Muttenz, April 13, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has unveiled its new inspirational trend guide BeautyForward® to the Personal Care industry, giving brand owners, formulators and trade media a preview of the global trends it predicts will influence future beauty products.

Clariant and South Korean BioSpectrum agree strategic partnership

The project team working together for the strategic partnership (from left to right): Stephan Lynen, Head of Regional Business Line Asia BU ICS; Dr. Deok-Hoon Park, CEO of BioSpectrum; Christian Vang, Head of Clariant BU ICS; Dr. Younghyun Kim, Head of Sales and Marketing of BioSpectrum; Guido Appl, Head of Sales & Application Personal Care and Industrial & Home Care Asia-Pacific Region. (Photo: Clariant)Muttenz, April 12, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, signed an agreement to acquire a 17 % share in BioSpectrum, Inc (“BioSpectrum”). Headquartered in South Korea, BioSpectrum is a leading developer and supplier of specialty active cosmetics’ ingredients derived from Asia’s diverse flora which have proven benefits for humans.

Clariant at in-cosmetics 2016 with new extra mild products & surprising textures

Metamorphosis by Plantasens® allows for extraordinary texture transformations within the same product that surprise and indulge the senses. (Photo: Clariant)Muttenz, April 12, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, will surprise and inspire at in-cosmetics 2016 this year, as it takes Personal Care formulators and brand owners on specially-tailored journeys to discover tomorrow’s beauty at Booth G70.

Clariant brings new capacity for Phosphate-Esters on-stream at Gendorf plant

Clariant brings new capacity for Phosphate-Esters on-stream at Gendorf plant. (Photo: Clariant)Muttenz, April 7, 2016 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced the start-up of additional capacity for Phosphate Esters (P-Esters) at its plant in Gendorf, Germany, to extend existing production at its Knapsack facility.

Clariant to exhibit in leading medical equipment expo in China

Desiccant vials for diagnostic strips, like those used for glucose tests, utilize ADP® inside the vial to protect the sensitive indicators from moisture. (Photo: Clariant)Shanghai, April 7, 2016 – Clariant, a world-leader in specialty chemicals, will take part in the China International Medical Equipment Fair (CMEF) on April 17-20, 2016 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), China. Since making its debut in 1979, the CMEF has been held twice a year in Spring and Autumn and has grown to become one of the biggest exhibitions on medical equipment and related products and services for the whole of the Asia-Pacific region.