Clariant AG is a Swiss specialty chemicals company serving industrial and consumer markets worldwide. The company develops and manufactures high-value ingredients and materials used in sectors such as personal and home care, plastics and coatings, industrial processing, agriculture, and energy.
Its portfolio spans process catalysts for petrochemical, syngas, and refining applications; polymer and coating additives for performance and sustainability; adsorbents and purification solutions; and oilfield production chemicals supplied through Clariant Oil Services. In personal care, Clariant offers actives and functional ingredients under the Lucas Meyer Cosmetics business.
Clariant operates R&D centers, application labs, and manufacturing sites across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia–Pacific, with a focus on resource efficiency and bio-based or low-carbon chemistries. The company was formed in 1995 as a spin‑off from Sandoz and is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ticker: CLN).
Also known as Clariant Oil Services Inc., Clariant Oil Services, Lucas Meyer Cosmetics, and Lucas Meyer.
chemXplore tracks 27 projects involving Clariant, of which 6 are active.
Clariant's role on them: Owner, EPC, Investor / Financier, Operator, Developer, Technology licensor, and Technology / equipment supplier.
5 new construction and 1 expansion.
3 of the active projects carry no start-up date yet.
Contractors and licensors are recorded on 4 of these 6 projects For subscribers
Targeting: Ethanol (2), Methanol (1), PEG-35 castor oil (1), Polyethylene glycol (1), Propane (1), Propylene (1)
Upgrading unit to convert Fischer–Tropsch crude into certified drop-in e‑SAF at ERA ONE, integrating isomerization, hydrocracking and distillation for onsite industrial-scale production.
Premium, highly purified excipients for demanding parenteral applications and a new U.S. PEG manufacturing site to strengthen North and Latin American supply chains.
CATOFIN catalyst and HGM ordered for a 1.2 Mtpa licensed PDH unit in Zhejiang to produce propylene for petrochemical derivatives.
Two new labs in Huizhou and Shanghai add full local synthesis and pilot-scale R&D for flame retardants and performance additives, strengthening China and APAC support.
Q2 comparable sales roughly flat; EBITDA margin up 80bp; performance-savings target raised to CHF100m; Amsterdam court dismissed Shell and Stichting Ethylene Claims suits.
Partners integrate low‑pressure modular hydrocracking with mesoporous zeolite catalysts to upgrade Fischer‑Tropsch waxes into drop‑in e‑fuels, cutting H2 use, energy demand and operating costs.
First LDHI anti‑agglomerant to meet OSPAR rules; controls hydrates at <1–2% water‑volume dosing, proven in Norway and the UK under deepwater conditions.
EU recognition lets power-to-liquid synthetic fuels qualify as RFNBO and count toward binding RED III sub-targets across transport, aviation and industry.
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