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.

SABIC LEXAN™ resin brings light and color to award-winning auditorium and conference center

SABIC LEXAN™ RESIN BRINGS LIGHT AND COLOR TO AWARD-WINNING AUDITORIUM AND CONFERENCE CENTERSittard, The Netherlands, January 26, 2016 - The “El Batel” state-of-the-art building in Cartagena, Spain, covers 17.000 m² and was designed by renowned Spanish architects José Selgas and Lucía Cano. Crowned with the prestigious Biennial Spanish Architecture award, El Batel’s design is influenced by the harbor and sea.

Gattefossé appoints Azelis as distributor for Personal Care range in Turkey

AzelisWe are pleased to announce that Gattefossé has appointed Azelis as their new distributor for Personal Care in Turkey, effective 1st January 2016.

Songwon’s new manufacturing plant in Kizad, Abu Dhabi operational

From left to right: Mohamed Al Muhairi (Chairman of the Board of Polysys Industries LLC.), Hamdan Al Hamdan (Pan Gulf Holding Board Member), Captain Mohamed Al Shamisi (CEO ADPC and Chairman of Kizad), Rashid Al Shamsi (Chairman of GPCA),Hans Daniels (General Manager of PAT Middle East), Mana al Mulla (acting Executive Vice President of Kizad), Sameer Dabbas (CEO of Hadeed Emirates Contracting), Peter Schmitt-Freise (Global Business Manager OPS of Songwon). (Photo: Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd.)Abu Dhabi, UAE – January 22, 2016 – Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd., today announced that the new state-of-the-art joint venture manufacturing plant in Abu Dhabi is now operational.

sunliquid™ recebe Prêmio de Inovação 2015 na Alemanha para Clima e Meio Ambiente

Legenda (da esq. para a dir.): Markus Rarbach, Head Start-up Business Project Biofuels & Derivatives (Clariant), e Andre Koltermann, Head Group Biotechnology (Clariant), receberam o Prêmio de Inovação na Alemanha para Clima e Meio Ambiente na categoria Inovação de Processos, concedido pela Ministra Federal do Meio Ambiente, Barbara Hendricks, e Holger Lösch, membro da Diretoria Executiva do BDI. (Fotografía: Clariant)São Paulo, 02 de fevereiro de 2016 – A Clariant, uma das empresas líderes mundiais em especialidades químicas, recebeu o Prêmio de Inovação 2015 na Alemanha para Clima e Meio Ambiente (IKU) por sua inovadora tecnologia sunliquid para a produção de etanol celulósico a partir de resíduos agrícolas. O processo biotecnológico conquistou o primeiro lugar na categoria Inovações de Processos, superando 14 concorrentes.

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.

TE Connectivity Releases New Ethernet Pin-Out Recommendations for Its Industrial Mini I/O Connectors for Ensured Interoperability

TE Connectivity releases new Ethernet pin-out recommendations for its industrial Mini I/O connectors for ensured interoperability. (Source: TE Connectivity, PR037)DARMSTADT, Germany – January 19, 2016 – TE Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectivity, has released Ethernet pin-out recommendations for its range of Industrial Mini I/O connectors. This will ensure equipment interoperability, while meeting the needs of Ethernet users.

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

ClariantMunich, 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.