Chemicals
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6 Nov 2013
Clariant expands its range of organic pigments and polymer soluble dyes for sustainable and safer solutions in the plastics industry
Muttenz, November 6, 2013 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, helps its customers to fulfill tight requirements in the plastics industry with regards to product safety. Product safety covers various aspects, such as legal requirements - FDA, EU- and Chinese regulations and standards set by the industry. In order to respond to these market needs, Clariant has developed pigments and polymer soluble dyes fulfilling the legal regulations as well as specific industry standards, with a particular focus on the important topics of halogen content and lead chromate content in plastics applications.
31 Oct 2013
Clariant Opens New Innovation Center in Frankfurt
Muttenz, October 31, 2013 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, is today officially opening its new EUR 100 million Clariant Innovation Center (CIC) in Frankfurt, Germany. The company’s new global hub for Research & Development (R&D) is based at the “Industriepark Höchst.” It will be the home of Clariant’s competence centers in chemical research and process technology as well as application laboratories for several Business Units and state-of-the art analytical laboratories . The CIC will also house the departments for Intellectual Property Management and New Business Development. As the corporation’s global hub, the CIC will ensure the coordination of Clariant’s world-wide R&D network, which includes centers across Europe, North America, Brazil, Japan, India and China.
Ghent, Belgium - The energy-saving benefits of Milliken's new generation clarifier Millad® NX™ 8000 for polypropylene (PP) have been validated by the independent organisation UL Environment, a business unit of UL (Underwriters Laboratories). The validation qualifies Milliken and eventually its customers, from converters to brand owners, to use an Environmental Claim Validation (ECV) label to highlight the energy consumption reductions achieved with the use of Millad NX 8000 in a transparent PP product.
Reinach, 24 October 2013 - Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals, and the former textile, paper and emulsions businesses of Clariant, today announced that its ONE WAY sustainability service has been honored with the prestigious ICIS Innovation Award for Best Business Innovation. The company's ONE WAY sustainability service is being recognized for its game-changing approach to textile manufacturing based on the strong conviction that both ecological and economic benefits are reachable.