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Clariant in Greater China
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| Clariant is a global leader in the field of specialty chemicals. Strong business relationships, commitment to outstanding service and wide-ranging application know-how make Clariant a preferred partner for its customers. Clariant is represented globally by more than100 group companies and employs about 17 500 people. Headquartered in Muttenz near Basel, Switzerland, it generated sales of CHF 6.6 billion in 2009. Clariant is organized into ten Business Units: Additives; Detergents & Intermediates; Emulsions; Industrial & Consumer Specialties; Leather Services; Masterbatches; Oil & Mining Services; Paper Specialties; Pigments; and Textile Chemicals. | |||||
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Clariant is committed to sustainable growth, which is derived from its own innovative strength. Clariant’s world-class products and services play a key role in its customers’ manufacturing processes or by adding value to their end products. The company’s success is based on the know-how of its people and their ability to identify new customer needs at an early stage and develop innovative, efficient solutions. Clariant (China) Ltd. serves as a platform for the company’s activities in Greater China providing the expertise, know how and facilities to secure a leading position in the region’s rapidly growing chemical market. Over the last few years, Clariant (China) Ltd. has shown continuous growth. Over 1 000 employees work currently for Clariant’s Greater China operations. Clariant’s operational network in Greater China consists of entities in Hong Kong and Taiwan as well as a technical services center and a trading company in Shanghai and representative offices in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Qingdao which support the Group’s marketing activities and provide technical services to its customers. Furthermore Clariant is partner of four joint ventures, which are located in Tianjin and Guangzhou. These companies produce dyestuffs, pigments and masterbatches. In November 1999, Clariant’s own trading company was set up in Shanghai which allows direct import of goods and ensures a rapid delivery to customers in the industrial zone of this major Chinese city. | ||||||
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Because we always plan for the future, we have various projects in the pipeline: Clariant Specialty Chemicals (Zhenjiang) Co., Ltd. The surfactants plant in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China has been built in 2009 to serve the domestic demand from the personal care, metal working, industrial biocides and textile industries. The 50 000-square-meter site is situated in the International Chemical Industry Park, which has a well-developed logistics infrastructure connecting the park with the local market. The multi-Purpose Production Plant has a capacity of 22 000 tons of products per year. Hangzhou Baihe Clariant Pigments Co., Ltd. Hangzhou Baihe Clariant Pigments Co., Ltd. is located in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China. The new world-scale plant in Hangzhou specializes in the production of Quinacridone specialty organic pigments. Quinacridone organic pigments increasingly find a wide application in high-performance coatings—including architectural, automotive and industrial applications as well as plastics and printing applications. Lufeng Clariant Chemicals Ltd. Lufeng Clariant Chemicals Ltd. is a pent-oxide plant built in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. It is scheduled to go on stream in the first Quarter 2010. The new facility is a joint-venture between Clariant and its partners Kunming GaoHeng Huagong Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., an established Chinese exporter of yellow phosphorus and Panchem International Trading and Industrial Co., a long-term partner of Clariant focusing on logistic services. Clariant will contribute the manufacturing know-how and handle the sales of P205 from the new plant, through its international sales organization. | ||||||
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