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Clariant To Increase Production in Indonesia

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By: TOM BRANNA

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INDONESIA: Clariant will build a new production facility at its Tangerang, Indonesia site to support regional demands in the personal and home care industry. The overall investment in combined esterquat and methylquat production will add 12kt collective capacity for liquid and solid products that are used as key ingredients in consumer care products such as fabric softeners or hair conditioners. Start-up is expected in 2015.

The new facility will establish highly flexible, local manufacturing capabilities to support the region’s increasing preference for sustainable  and safer ingredients. Clariant has been manufacturing a range of products for home care and personal care applications at Tangerang since 1990.

“Supporting the sustainability of our customers is a key priority for Clariant. The installation of this new production facility at Tangerang will enhance Clariant’s ability to share its latest innovations with Asia’s personal care and home care markets, based on a highly-competitive platform through close proximity to raw materials and customers in Southeast Asia,” said Guido Appl, head of sales and application APAC-personal care/industrial and home care.

Clariant has also opened its first regional innovation center in India (RIC India).

Located in Navi Mumbai, the new facility will host approximately 100 technical employees in chemical research and application development. Research efforts will focus on the areas of surfactants, specialty polymers and functional chemicals. 

The RIC India in Mumbai will be well integrated in Clariant’s global innovation network managed by Clariant in Switzerland, which will ensure getting leverage of Clariant’s four technology platforms: Chemistry & Materials, Biotechnology, Catalysis and Process Technology.

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