Clariant AG is a Swiss specialty chemicals company headquartered near Basel and listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Formed in 1995 from a Sandoz spin-off, the company develops specialty ingredients, additives, catalysts, and adsorbents for consumer, industrial, and energy markets, supported by a global R&D and manufacturing network.
Clariant’s core activities span Care Chemicals (home and fabric care, personal care, crop and industrial applications), Catalysts (process, petrochemical, syngas, and polymerization catalysts), and Additives & Adsorbents (halogen-free flame retardants under the Exolit brand, plastic and coating additives, and bentonite-based adsorbents and desiccants). The company also provides oilfield production chemicals and related services through Clariant Oil Services, and supplies cosmetic actives and functional ingredients via Lucas Meyer Cosmetics.
Clariant emphasizes sustainability-oriented chemistry, including halogen-free flame retardants, solutions that support polymer circularity, and catalyst systems designed to enhance efficiency and reduce energy and resource use. Its technologies serve markets such as plastics and packaging, automotive and e-mobility, detergents and cleaners, textiles, coatings, refining, mining, and upstream oil and gas.
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Clariant Oil Services Inc., Clariant Oil Services, Lucas Meyer Cosmetics, and Lucas Meyer.
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