25 June 2014
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* New R&D center will develop catalytic technologies
tailored to Chinese market requirements
* Focus first on coal-to-chemicals and
specialty applications
* New laboratory enhances technical service
to Chinese customers
announced today that its Business Unit Catalysts
will establish a state-of-the-art research center
in Shanghai, China.
The R&D center
is expected to begin operation by 2015
with the goal of developing catalytic solutions
tailored to Chinese market requirements and
enhancing technical service support
to Chinese customers.
The new catalyst R&D center in Shanghai
will further
* strengthen Clariant´s technology portfolio and service
offerings for coal-to-chemicals applications and
* provide a complete range of solutions for the market.
Clariant has already established
an excellent technology position on catalysts
for coal-to-chemicals applications
through decades of R&D efforts and
collaboration with its process technology partners.
For example,
the world’s first two coal-to-propylene complexes
started up with
Clariant’s Methanol to Propylene (MTPROP) and
methanol synthesis catalysts.
Clariant has been serving the Chinese market
through locally produced coal-to-methanol catalysts
since 2011.
is also one of the leading suppliers of catalysts
for coal-to-ammonia conversion.
The China R&D center
will also develop new catalysts
for selected base metal hydrogenation applications
for the fast growing specialty chemicals industry in China.
Besides R&D and technical service,
the center will provide support to
Clariant’s catalysts production sites in China.
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