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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 5 are active.
Besides these 5, the record holds 22 completed projects.
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Ready-to-use hybrid UV dispersion simplifies high-SPF formulations; a new emollient boosts photostability; foam booster and vegan PDRN active target mild cleansing and skin longevity.
Q3 sales rose 5.6% Lc to CHF 968.8m; EBITDA margin before exceptional items fell to 15.6% (-230bps). Free cash flow conversion improved to 48% LTM. Guidance unchanged, CHF 90m run‑rate savings on track.
A 1.2 Mt/yr PDH using Lummus CATOFIN highlights why scale, integration and proven technology matter for long-term polypropylene competitiveness despite a current propylene surplus.
Plans include renewable hydrogen, a renewable-fuel plant, pumped hydro expansion and a circular methanol facility; extends customer fuel discounts and launches a new €950m buyback.
Several tonnes of synthetic Fischer‑Tropsch wax shipped to a U.S. developer for conversion into edible fats; produced from captured CO₂, green hydrogen and renewable electricity.
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.
