Clariant doubles annual production capacity for water-based pigment preparations at Mexico site

Clariant has inaugurated its new production plant for water-based pigment preparations in Santa Clara, Mexico, doubling the company’s annual production capacity in the country.

According to the company, the capacity increase will enable Clariant to improve its support for the regions’ current and emerging market segments including decorative coatings, non-impact and flexo printing, industrial coatings, and specialties like home care, personal care and stationery.

Clariant began production at the Santa Clara plant in Q2 2016. To complement this capacity increase, the company is also scheduled to start-up a new plant for solvent-based pigment preparations at the same site in Q4 2016. This will produce high milling demand products for the US specialties market.

Michael Grosskopf, Head of Business Unit Pigments, commented: “The new production plant in Santa Clara further improves access to growth markets in North, Central and South America. The new lines for water-based and solvent-based pigment preparations represent an important next step to extend the value we can create for our customers based on our strong formulation and dispersing know-how for many applications, our globally active technical service and vast production network. The strategic location in Mexico allows us to better tailor our offering to specific customer and application needs.”