Clariant International Ltd.

Clariant Corporation, formerly Sud-Chemie, sells, manufactures, and develops catalyst technology for industrial exhaust gas treatment. This includes removal of VOC`s, HC`s and decomposition of nitrogen compounds. Clariant is an internationally active specialty chemical company, based in Muttenz near Basel. The group owns over 100 companies worldwide and employed 21 202 employees at the end of 2012. In the financial year 2012, Clariant produced a turnover of CHF 6 billion. Clariant is divided into seven business units: Additives; Catalysts; Function Minerals, Industrial & Consumer Specialties; Leather Services; Masterbatches; Oil & Mining Services; and Pigments.