5 April 2017
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- Expands footprint in Asia-Pacific region with good growth perspectives
- Tailored products and faster technical support for regional customers
- Strengthens Indonesia as regional manufacturing hub
today announces the official opening
of a new bleaching earth production site
for its Business Unit Functional Minerals in Gresik,
near Surabaya (Indonesia).
The new production site supplements
Clariant's existing manufacturing capacity
and expands its footprint
in the emerging Asia-Pacific region.
Clariant's newly opened site is located in
the Java Integrated Industrial & Port Estate (JIIPE),
the first fully integrated industrial estate
established in Indonesia.
Through its deep sea port, proximity to
Juanda International Airport
and other logistical connections,
the JIIPE enables efficient local and international deliveries.
Clariant's Business Unit Functional Minerals
supplies customers worldwide with
specialty products based on bentonite.
Following the continuing success of its
it initiated a global capacity expansion plan.
In addition to the site in Indonesia, extra production capacity
* comes on stream in Turkey in April 2017 also while
* already realized in Mexico in April 2016.
Christian Kohlpaintner,
Clariant's Executive Committee Member
"We firmly believe that the future of Clariant
will be decided in Asia and this investment further
strengthens our position there.
The new site in Gresik will be
a key regional manufacturing hub
from where we can better serve the emerging markets
in the Asia-Pacific Region and benefit from
their good growth perspectives,"
Sven Schultheis,
Head of Business Unit Functional Minerals
"We invested in capacity expansion in order to support
market development and growth by our customers.
This new site increases our regional production capacity
for bleaching earth by 35%, allows us to offer
a broader range of bleaching earths
based on different customer requirements
and has dedicated laboratory facilities
to deliver faster technical support
to customers in the Asia-Pacific Region."
Contact Clariant
Thijs Bouwens
Global Media Relations
+41 61 469 63 63
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