Specialty chemical company, Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com), is building a surfactants plant in Zhenjiang, Eastern China to help meet the needs of the country’s growing demand. The new facility is scheduled for production in the middle of 2009.
The new plant will primarily serve personal care, paints and coatings as well as metal-working industries. Other products available at the plant will include chemicals for textile, oil, mining and homecare sectors. The new facility, together with Clariant’s existing plant in Tianjin, China will complement the company’s already well-established manufacturing capabilities in Asia for Clariant’s Functional Chemicals Division. Three other production facilities are operating in Japan, Indonesia and Australia. The decision to build a new surfactants plant in Eastern China was made to further sustain the growth of Clariant’s business in China, which has been substantial in recent years.
Clariant to launch new production facility in China
| By Dorothy Lozowski