Clariant

Clariant AG
Company typePublic
SIX: CLN
IndustryChemicals
Founded1995; 29 years ago (1995)
Headquarters
Muttenz (Basel-Landschaft)
,
Switzerland
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Günter von Au (Chairman)
  • Conrad Keijzer (CEO)
  • Bill Collins (CFO)
  • Christian Vang (Business President Care Chemicals and Americas)
  • Angela Cackovich (Business President Adsorbents & Additives and EMEA)
  • Jens Cuntze (Business President Catalysts and APAC
ProductsSpeciality chemicals
RevenueDecrease SFr 4.377 billion (2023)[1][2]
Increase SFr 282 million (2023)[1][2]
Increase SFr 179 million (2023)[1][2]
Total assetsDecrease SFr 5.347 billion (2023)[2]
Total equityDecrease SFr 2.180 billion (2023)[2]
Number of employees
10481 (end 2023)[3]
Divisions
  • Care Chemicals
  • Catalysts
  • Adsorbents & Additives
Websiteclariant.com
Footnotes / references
[1][2][4][3]

Clariant AG is a Swiss multinational speciality chemical company, formed in 1995 as a spin-off from Sandoz. Headquartered in Muttenz, Switzerland,[5] the public company encompasses 68 subsidiaries in 36 countries (2023). Major manufacturing sites are located in Europe, North America, South America, China, and India. In 2023, sales from continuing operations were 4.377 billion CHF.[6]

European and Middle East markets accounted for 41%, Asia-Pacific for 30%, North America and Latin America for 29% of sales in 2023.[1] EBITDA in 2023 was 607 million CHF.[7] Headquarters are officially in Muttenz, but most global functions are officed in a dedicated corporate center in nearby Pratteln, both near Basel, Switzerland. Clariant's three business units are: Care Chemicals (sales of 2320 million CHF in 2023), Adsorbents & Additives (sales of 1057 million CHF in 2023) and Catalysts (sales of 1000 million CHF in 2023).[2]

Conrad Keijzer has been Clariant's CEO since 1 January 2021.[8]

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  2. ^ a b c d e f "Consolidated Income Statements" (PDF). Clariant. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Company". Clariant. Archived from the original on 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Clariant Business Report 2022". Clariant. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Clariant AG". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 29 November 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  6. ^ Basel, Clariant Ltd. "Clariant delivers solid Q4 underlying EBITDA margin; proposes stable shareholder distribution per share; expects growth and improving profitability in 2024". Clariant Ltd. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
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  8. ^ Basel, Clariant Ltd. "Clariant ernennt Conrad Keijzer zum Chief Executive Officer". Clariant Ltd. (in German). Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-23.