10 Feb 2017

Clariant Chemicals records sales of Rs. 757 crore

Mumbai, February 10, 2017 – Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited, India’s leading specialty chemicals producer, recorded sales of Rs. 757 crore in the nine month period ended December 31, 2016, registering a growth of 4.7% as compared to the same period in the previous year. The EBIT for the nine month period ended December 31, 2016, stood at Rs 24.8 crore, showing an increase of 14.8% as compared to the same period last year.

The sales for the Company’s core businesses (Plastics & Coatings segment) grew by 10.3% in the nine month period ended December 31, 2016.

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Clariant is a globally leading specialty chemicals company, based in Muttenz near Basel/Switzerland. On 31 December 2015 the company employed a total workforce of 17 213. In the financial year 2015, Clariant recorded sales of CHF 5.807 billion for its continuing businesses. The company reports in four business areas: Care Chemicals, Catalysis, Natural Resources, and Plastics & Coatings. Clariant’s corporate strategy is based on five pillars: focus on innovation through R&D, add value with sustainability, reposition portfolio, intensify growth, and increase profitability.

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Clariant in India, headquartered in Mumbai, operates in four business areas: Care Chemicals, Catalysis & Energy, Natural Resources, and Plastics & Coatings, including businesses like Pigments (Coatings, Printing and Plastics and Special Applications), Additives, Industrial & Consumer Specialties, Mining Services and Masterbatches, thus delivering solutions for the industry and the society. The 900-plus employee strength generated sales of INR 10.08 billion (in 2014). In 2014, Clariant invested in a state-of-the-art Regional Innovation Center in Mumbai, with an aim to co-create tailormade solutions with customers for the industry.

Clariant is committed to Responsible Care® and several external sustainability initiatives such as the Global Product Strategy and the United Nations Global Compact. Clariant is one of the top European chemical companies being part of Dow Jones Sustainability Indices.