Clariant to Open New Facility in Guangdong      

Clariant announced on September 15th it will build an ethoxylation plant in Daya bay, situated south of Guangzhou, Guangdong province. The plant will be operational in early 2011 and will enable Clariant to meet increasing demand from the Chinese and wider Asian markets.
   The new plant will primarily serve domestic customers for a broad range of applications which are including crop protection, construction, industrial & home care, metal working, textile and paper. The plant will also supply important export markets across Asia.
   The 80 000 square meter plant will have a capacity close to 50 000 tons per annum. It will be staffed by locally hired highly skilled teams, which will include senior technical roles. The state-of-the-art plant will use the very latest automation and environmental management technology.
   Clariant is among the largest producers of ethoxylates globally and has a leadership position in specialty applications. Ethoxylation is a key technology for Clariant, which the company has developed over the past 50 years. With production sites in Europe, North America and Latin America, Daya bay will be Clariant's first ethoxylation plant in Asia.
   The construction of this new facility is part of a US$100 million investment program in China, which Clariant has been committed to over the last 18 months. This program includes a plant in Hangzhou for quinacridone specialty organic pigments, a state-of-the-art phosphorus pentoxide plant in Kunming, as well as a new masterbatches plant and Archroma Center for textiles in Guangzhou. Clariant's new surfactants production facility which will be inaugurated in Zhenjiang, Eastern China September 17th, 2009, is another milestone in the program.
   Daya bay plant is a key element of Clariant's China growth strategy, and will enable Clariant to further expand footprint in China and consolidate its position as a leading exthoxylates producer, according to Siegfried Fischer, Executive Committee Member of Clariant.
   Clariant has a long history in China and has more than 1 300 people working in laboratories and facilities in over 13 cities.


Opens plant in Zhenjiang

On September 17th, Clariant opened a surfactants production facility in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province, eastern China. The plant, which is fully operational, has been designed to meet China's growing demand for surfactants from various sectors such as personal care, paints and coatings as well as metal working industries.
    The new state-of-the-art 50 000 square meter facility has a capacity of more than 22 000 tones per annum, and will complement the company's already well-established manufacturing capabilities in the country. The plant includes the very latest environmental technology.