BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.8B
- Private
- US
Dow Jones Description
Clariant manufactures and markets an extensive range of specialty chemicals for the plastics, textile, paint and coatings, paper, household and personal products, pharmaceutical, fine chemicals and chemical processing industries. Clariant's Textile group is committed to strong business relationships, outstanding service and wide-ranging application know-how. The mattress market is one of many technical textiles markets where Clariant is proving to be the preferred partner for demanding customers around the world.
President & CEO
Kenneth GolderNumber of Employees 3,700
Contact Information
4000 Monroe Road
Charlotte, North Carolina 28205
(704) 331-7000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Cyclic Crude and Intermediate Manufacturing: 325192
Recent Events
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Clariant beats Q3 expectations, posts close to $20 million profit
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W. Warwick lawyer disbarred by high court
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Swiss chemicals group Clariant to cut 800 more jobs
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Clariant Launches its EcoTain Label for Eco-friendly Products
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GenNx360 Capital Partners moves into specialty chemical field
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BASF Results Slide, Lowers Outlook
News & Analysis
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Pigment Blues Play On.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- 2000-10-18
A Good Idea Is Cheap to Find PRODUCERS OF pigments can expect more hardship ahead, despite the recent brisk demand from coatings and plastics producers that has sent sales of several large pigment producers soaring at double-digit rates in first-half 2000. Clariant, Ciba Specialty...
Clariant, Ciba Abandon Plans For Creating Specialties Giant.
- 1998-12-14
Due diligence revealed too many stumbling blocks. CLARIANT AND CIBA Specialty Chemicals have called off their proposed merger after the due diligence process indicated that a combination of the two companies carried too many risks. The...
Ciba and Clariant in 'merger of equals.'
- 1998-11-16
Swiss rivals Clariant and Ciba Specialty Chemicals are to merge to create the world's largest speciality chemicals company and the fourth-largest chemicals manufacturer in Europe. The new company will be far and away the dominant player in the $100bn/a specialities market with annual sales of SFr19bn ($13.5bn). Its nearest...
Strategies for European Specialty Players.
- 1998-08-24
The highly fragmented nature of specially chemical markets creates new strategies and challenge/or the European giants. Over the last few years a number of large focused specialty chemical companies have emerged in Europe to become powerful forces. Companies, such as Imperial Chemical Industries, Rhodia,...
Managing specialties: how to grow when prices stall.(specialty chemicals) (includes related articles on Laporte and Witco reorganizations)
- 1997-12-10
Slow product line growth and inability to raise prices are forcing many specialty chemical companies into mergers and cost cutting strategies to maintain profits. American companies face additional pressure from European firms newly expanded from mergers. Profit strategies cited by industry executives include targeting niche markets, increasing operating plant efficiency,...
Specialties' new lineup.(specialty chemicals)(Cover Story)
- 1997-04-30
Clariant and Ciba Specialty Chemicals are some of the first dedicated specialty chemical companies in Europe to become successful. Many of Europe's specialty chemical organizations are merely divisions of diversified companies. US specialty firms have been more successful obtaining solid profit margins, though some are struggling to improve operating margins....
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
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| Kenneth Golder | President & CEO |
| Heiner Meier | CFO & Vice President |
| Connie Knight | Director, Corp Communications |
| Mike Cummins | Manager, Internal Communications |
| Sherri Leazer | Manager, Business Communications |
| Cary Campbell | Human Resources, America |
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| Clariant Corporation | President & CEO | Current |
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