»The customers of Plastics & Coatings demand tailor-made innovations to support their success. Performance and sustainability of the products are the key value drivers for this Business Area.«
Packaging
Automotive and transportation
Consumer goods
Medicine and pharmaceuticals
Textile and fibers
The Business Area Plastics & Coatings not only has the highest sales in the Clariant Group, it also covers the broadest range of customer industries. Advanced technology products and innovations, for example, improve building insulation, prevent the flammability of mobile phones and better protect motorists and cyclists with more visible road markings. The increasing global standards of living and growing demand in the emerging markets ensure solid growth of the Business Area.
Since Plastics & Coatings supplies almost all industries with its products, the segment is also growing at about the pace of the global economy. Plastics & Coatings will be steered towards higher absolute profitability and cash generation. This is expected to be accomplished by improving cost efficiency, gaining market share, further promoting the theme of sustainability, and maintaining innovative capacity.
The Business Area Plastics & Coatings consists of the three Business Units Additives, Masterbatches and Pigments.
To take full advantage of the Business Area’s value creation potential, Plastics & Coatings was spun off in separate subsidiaries on 1 January 2016. In doing so, the area can be managed toward higher absolute profitability and cash generation. Plastics & Coatings operates primarily in already saturated markets and therefore requires differentiated business management. The existing structures of the Business Units Additives, Masterbatches and Pigments with their approximately 6 900 employees, all of their assets and payables will remain the same.
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In large European cities, more and more biking trails are becoming accessible and color is used to mark them as such in contrast to other traffic lanes. 30° celsius in the summer, –10° celsius in the winter, rain, hail, snow, salt and thousands of vehicles – and yet the markings should remain clearly visible for many years. Clariant’s scientists are the first to find a solution with easily dispersible (ED) pigments, which make the coloring and production of road marking simpler and more environmentally compatible and ensure the same level of performance in later use.
during paint production with the use of ED Pigments
ED pigments are not only easily dispersible, they offer the opportunity to save conversion costs and bring more flexibility in production than standard pigments.
Novoperm®
YELLOW F2G-EDS
NOVOPERM®
YELLOW H4G-EDS
NOVOPERM®
YELLOW HR70-EDS
NOVOPERM®
YELLOW M2R70-EDS
NOVOPERM®
ORANGE HL70-EDS
HOSTAPERM®
RED D3G70-EDS
HOSTAPERM®
PINK E-EDS
HOSTAPERM®
VIOLET RL-EDS
HOSTAPERM®
BLUE B2G-EDS
HOSTAPERM®
GREEN GNX-EDS
Thomas Metz
Head of Global Technical Marketing Coatings
»Clariant is the very first to succeed in manufacturing an easily dispersible organic pigment.«
In the past, the color white was sufficient to mark the lanes. Today, we have significantly more traffic and new challenges in the marking of bike paths or bus lanes: the color palette needed is much more extensive.
Clariant provides organic pigments for road markings that meet the increased customer requirements: easy processing, broad range of colors, excellent abrasion resistance and the ability to withstand environmental stresses, all while being environmentally compatible. That is why we have developed ED Pigments.
In ED Pigments, this is substantiated by hard numbers: Energy consumption in paint production can be reduced by up to 90%, the production time can be reduced by up to 85% and as a result, the costs are also reduced by up to 30%. And the range of applications is very large: marine coatings, industrial paints or decorative colors. Our ED Pigments can be used to improve value everywhere.
ED Pigments meet the requirements of EcoTain® and was given the label for outstanding sustainability properties by Clariant.
Ecotain productsED Pigments Discover Value storyThrough the use of ED pigments, energy consumption can be lowered by up to 90% in the production of paint, and the production time can be reduced by up to 85%.
Wide range of colors and applications
Wide range of colors and applications
Reduced use of resources
Reduced use of resources
Shorter production time
Improved cost efficiency
With AddWorks® AGC solutions, Clariant supports the development of effective crop protection with innovative stabilization solutions which improve durability of agricultural plastic films, such as greenhouses, mulch and silage films. AddWorks® AGC solutions, based on novel technology Hostavin® NOW, provide very strong resistance to agrochemicals with efficient UV protection, thus helping to extend plastic service life.
ColorForward® helps designers and marketing professionals make more informed color choices. Each edition presents four global societal trends which are related to different colors or color combinations. Surveying global trends and creative workshops are important elements in the selection process which involves collaboration between plastics and color specialists, consumer-science experts, designers, and product marketers. The 2016 global societal trends are: Liquid minds, Oh my Gold!, Love Technology and Work it Girl!
The novel greenish yellow pigment, PV Fast Yellow H4G, is a safe replacement of chromate yellow pigments. PV Fast Yellow H4G provides on its own or in combination with organic and inorganic pigments, valuable alternatives to lead chromate yellow pigments in terms of shade, opacity, light and weather fastness, chemical stability and coloration costs.
Hostaperm® Pink E, one of Clariant’s most important polycyclic pigments, reflects the switch to more sustainable products. Quinacridone pigments based on renewable raw materials produce brilliant colors and are on par with petrochemical-based pigments regarding durability. They are used in applications such as automotive, industrial and decorative coatings.
»The development of products based on renewable raw materials is an important part of our R&D focus.«
