Clariant AG is a Swiss multinational speciality chemicals company, formed in 1995 as a spin-off from Sandoz.
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10 Facts About Clariant
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In 2013, Clariant divested its textile chemicals, emulsions and paper specialities businesses to SK Capital.
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In 2016, Clariant partnered with matchmycolor LLC, a colour know-how company and Konica Minolta Inc, a Japanese technology company to efficiently colour match the polyolefin products easier and faster.
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In 2019, Clariant was ranked 126th in the Forbes' list of Americas Best Employers.
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In 2022, Clariant sold its Pigments business to a consortium of Heubach Group and SK Capital Partners.
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Clariant has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index since 2013.
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Clariant is a constituent of the DJSI Europe and of the FTSE4Good Index.
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On 14 February 2022, Clariant delayed the release of its 2021 annual report and postponed the annual general meeting of shareholders, after saying the company is investigating allegations by internal whistleblowers that staff manipulated accounts to meet financial targets.
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In January 2017, Clariant opened a new business unit dedicated to active ingredients for the cosmetic industry.
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In 2020 Clariant was awarded the Henkel Adhesive Technologies Sustainability Award and Clariant the ICIS Innovation Award in the categories "Best Product" and "Best Sustainable Process".
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