Clariant has doubled its annual production capacity for water-based pigment preparations at its new Santa Clara, Mexico, site. The company stated that the plant’s increased capacity will improve Clariant’s support for North and Latin America’s emerging market segments that include decorative coatings, flexo printing, and industrial coatings.
Production at the Santa Clara plant began in the second quarter of 2016. Clariant intends to begin production on a new plant for solvent-based pigment preparation at the same site later in 2016.
“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,” said Michael Grosskopf, head of Business Unit Pigments.