15.12.2010
“Sense the Difference in performance, ecology and fashion” - Clariant’s revolutionary new products and systems
Muttenz, December 15, 2010 - Clariant Chemicals (India) Ltd will showcase a full range of products at IILF, including its new revolutionary EasyWhite Tan process based on Granofin® Easy F-90. A sustainable tanning process, the organic compound used is metal-, aldehyde- and formaldehyde-free and the system radically simplifies the production of leather by removing three process stages and eliminating the need for added salt.
15.12.2010
Clariant’s EasyWhite Tan to set new industry standard
Muttenz, December 15, 2010 - For those in the leather industry, certain words are instantly associated with tanning — just think of mimosa, quebracho or chrome — and now the industry will have another: Granofin®, specifically Granofin Easy F-90. It is the key to the chemistry behind the launch of Clariant’s new EasyWhite Tan, which will itself justify its place alongside Wet Blue and Wet White among tanners.
08.12.2010
Clariant raises prices for textile chemicals and textile dyes
Muttenz, December 8, 2010 – Clariant Business Unit Textile Chemicals announces price increases for its ranges of textile chemicals and textiles dyes of up to 15%. The price rises will take immediate effect.
06.12.2010
New Head of Group Communications & Investor Relations
Muttenz, December 6, 2010 – Clariant has decided to consolidate the functions “Group Communications” and “Investor Relations” into one single department “Group Communications & Investor Relations”. Ulrich Steiner, currently Head of Investor Relations, has been appointed Head of Group Communications & Investor Relations as of January 1, 2011.
03.12.2010
Clariant’s Polymer Additives Business increases prices
Muttenz, December 3, 2010 – Clariant's Business Line Polymer Additives today announced global price increases of between 5 and 15% for its grades for plastics.
29.11.2010
Clariant wins pre-salt deepwater contract from Petrobras
Muttenz, November 29, 2010 – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced today that its Houston, USA-based Oil Services business has won a pre-salt chemical contract with Petrobras, one of the world’s leading integrated energy companies.
24.11.2010
Neuer “Infrapark Baselland“ startet 2011
Perfekte Infrastruktur im Dreiländereck Schweiz-Deutschland-Frankreich
Besonders attraktiv für Unternehmen der Chemie- und Life Science-Industrie
Clariant-Schweiz-Landesleiter R. Spitz: Gute Chancen für Standort Muttenz
18.11.2010
Clariant supports ZHAW’s pioneering anti-freeze program
Muttenz, November 18, 2010 - Muttenz headquartered specialty chemicals expert Clariant is supporting the ZHAW School of Engineering in Winterthur in a major R&D collaboration on-target to achieve a breakthrough in anti-freeze technology. Sectors such as wind power, refrigeration and aviation will benefit from more reliable cold temperature performance and cuts in energy use if trials led by researchers at the ZHAW to prevent or drastically minimize surface ice build-up are successful.
16.11.2010
Clariant adds polyetheramines to Industrial & Consumer Specialities chemicals range
Muttenz, November 16, 2010 - Increasing demand has lead speciality chemicals expert Clariant to add polyetheramines to its range of industrial and consumer speciality products. A new reactor in the company’s nitril-amine plant in Gendorf, Germany, has just started production to facilitate the portfolio extension.
05.11.2010
Melio®09-T-42: The new high gloss aqueous patent imitation
Muttenz, November 5, 2010 - Patent leather is always in the fashion focus of shoe designers and manufacturers - sometimes more, sometimes less - but is always in demand. Therefore a great deal of effort has been put into the development of an aqueous alternative for the purely solvent-based patent topcoats of the past. Clariant’s new Melio® 09-T-42 must be regarded as a major improvement and provides tangible benefits over other products currently available.
05.11.2010
Clariant launches beauty and productivity boosters for leather finishing
Muttenz, November 5, 2010 - Clariant launches Melio® Aquabase EF and HF, its two new tailor-made leather pre-coatings designed to bring out the natural beauty of leather and achieve maximum cutting yield.
04.11.2010
Feinere und gleichförmigere Zellstruktur der neuen chemischen Treibmittel von Clariant sorgen für Reduzierung des Gewichts und Rohstoffverbrauchs
Muttenz, 4. November 2010 – Hersteller von Kunststoffprodukten oder Verpackungen, die Nachhaltigkeitsziele erreichen und gleichzeitig Kosten senken möchten, zeigen großes Interesse an den jüngsten chemischen Treibmitteln von der Clariant Business Unit Masterbatches. Dank der feineren und langlebigeren Schaumzellstruktur, die durch die jüngste Generation der HYDROCEROL® Masterbatches in Verbindung mit Fortschritten in der Verarbeitung ermöglicht wird, eröffnen sich neue Anwendungsmöglichkeiten für
