1 Nov 2022
Clariant completes acquisition of BASF’s U.S. Attapulgite business assets
Clariant, a focused, sustainable, and innovative specialty chemical company, today announces that it has completed the acquisition of BASF’s U.S. based Attapulgite business assets for USD 60 million in cash. Structured as an asset deal, the transaction includes the transfer of land as well as mining rights, the processing facility, and inventories, which will be integrated into Clariant’s Functional Minerals business. The finalized deal also includes an agreement for the long-term supply of attapulgite-based products to BASF. The transaction will improve the EBITDA margin profile of Clariant’s Business Area Natural Resources while supporting the company’s path towards reaching its 2025 targets.
31 Oct 2022
Clariant Oil Services expands EMEA Footprint and launches state-of-the-art Technical Center ahead of ADIPEC 2022
Clariant Oil Services – a leading supplier of specialty oilfield production chemicals and services to the oil and gas industry – announced its expansion in the Middle East with the launch of its state-of-the-art facility for advanced oil and gas solutions. Located in the Dubai Science Park (DSP) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the EMEA Technical Center will leverage the latest technologies and more sustainable oilfield chemicals. The regional hub will give customers in major oil producing countries access to Clariant’s global innovation team and address three competencies: corrosion, Fluid separation, and flow assurance.
31 Oct 2022
Clariant unveils top ingredients for beauty products at leading trade events in Asia
Whether it’s skincare or haircare products that have the consumers’ heads turned at the post-COVID era, Clariant’s dedicated lines of active and sustainable ingredients are bring the most out of beauty formulations for hair and scalp well-being. Visitors to the upcoming Indonesia Cosmetic Ingredients (ICI) and in-cosmetics Asia exhibitions held on October 25-27 in Jakarta and November 1-3 in Bangkok respectively will get the chance to learn how Clariant’s leading ingredients will help their formulations achieve outstanding results.
25 Oct 2022
Clariant opens global Competence Center for Decarbonization Minerals in Dubai
Clariant Mining Solutions will open a dedicated global Competence Center for Decarbonization Minerals (CCDM) at the Dubai Science Park in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) on October 25, 2022. This laboratory is designed to meet the increasing global demand for solutions to process decarbonization minerals more efficiently.
21 Oct 2022
Clariant unveils portfolio for purifying pyrolysis oil derived from mixed plastic waste
Driven by its vision to enable a circular economy, Clariant launched an innovative portfolio of flexible, custom solutions for the emerging market of chemical plastics recycling.
20 Oct 2022
Clariant announces further investment in new China flame retardants facility for E-mobility and E&E applications
Clariant will create a second production line at its new CHF 60 million state of the art facility for Exolit OP halogen-free flame retardants currently under construction in Daya Bay, China. This additional CHF 40 million investment will further expand access to innovative and sustainable fire protection solutions and related technical expertise to support the significant growth of engineering plastics applications in E-mobility and electrical & electronic segments.
20 Oct 2022
Clariant K 2022 Press Kit
For a greater between
With Clariant Additives for plastics
Progressing circularity, the bio-economy, climate protection – these top priorities for the plastics industry are ours too. Visit us at K 2022 and discover how we’re teaming up with customers and partners across plastic value chains to meet new challenges in advancing sustainability and the circular economy. Our additives products and solutions offer exciting opportunities to strengthen the link between efficiency and sustainability, safety and performance, value and low carbon footprint.
20 Oct 2022
Clariant launches new additives at K 2022 to support plastics sustainable evolution
K 2022 visitors can look forward to new Clariant additive solutions to progress more sustainable plastics and reduce resource use. New developments give applications greater resilience to support longer use and reuse on the path to circularity. Plus, solve production challenges while achieving better efficiency and lower carbon footprint during compounding and processing (Hall 8a Booth J11).
18 Oct 2022
First “all-in-one” for All-in-Ones: new surfactant Genapol® Complete ticks all the boxes for automatic dishwashing tabs
Clariant introduces a much-needed surfactant boost to the All-in-One automatic dishwashing (ADW) segment as brands look to take their highly convenient tablets in a more environmentally-compatible direction. Launched today, vegetal-origin Genapol Complete is the first environmental label-compatible surfactant capable of achieving excellent rinse and very good overall drying performance, cleaner machines and CO₂ product footprint savings.
14 Oct 2022
Clariant & Technip Energies' EARTH® tech for energy-efficient H2 production wins first place - twice
Clariant and its engineering and technology partner, Technip Energies, were presented with two industry awards for their ground-breaking EARTH technology. ICIS, which is the world’s largest petrochemical market information provider, selected the partners’ technology as the “Best Process Innovation” in the ICIS Innovation Awards 2022. EARTH also won the “Best Refining Technology” category of the Hydrocarbon Processing Awards 2022 – a program that honors the downstream energy segment’s leading innovations. Based on recuperative steam methane reforming, EARTH is a pioneering drop-in solution that enables a capacity increase in the production of hydrogen while contributing to energy savings and an improved CO2 footprint.
12 Oct 2022
Clariant’s new ClariCoat: find the ideal additive for your paint formulation in just a few clicks
Clariant, a leading global provider of additives for paints and coatings, has launched its new digital platform ClariCoat, a results-focused web application for additives.
22 Sept 2022
Sustainable sourcing:
Protecting the skin by protecting the Amazon forest
During rainy season, in the summer months of the southern hemisphere, strange thumps can be heard from deep within the Amazon forest. They come from Brazil nut trees, sometimes called the »Queen of the Amazon« because of their majestic height, which drop large, coconut-like pods from the dripping canopy. Each pod holds up to two dozen Brazil nuts, big, rough-shelled seeds that are prized throughout the world both for their taste and the precious nutritious oils they contain.
