Clariant Chemicals India Ltd () is a

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manufacturing company from the Indian state of

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. The India office is headquartered in

Thane Thane (; also known as Thana, the official name until 1996) is a metropolitan city in Maharashtra, India. It is situated in the north-eastern portion of the Salsette Island. Thane city is entirely within Thane taluka, one of the seven talukas ...

. The main business activity of Clariant Chemicals (India) involves manufacture of specialty chemicals for domestic and industrial use. It manufactures and markets textiles, leather, paints, plastic, printing inks, and agrochemicals products in India. It has presence in many international markets. The company also ran a pigments business which was integrated into the Heubach Group. CCI is a part of the global

Clariant Clariant AG is a Swiss multinational speciality chemicals company, formed in 1995 as a spin-off from Sandoz. The company is focused on four business areas: care chemicals (consumer and industrial); catalysis; natural resources (oil & mining, mine ...

group.

History

In 1956, it was incorporated with technical and financial collaboration from

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and

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. It was founded by three Indian business groups: the Ruias, the Khataus, and Ghias.

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External links

Company Profile by indiainfoline.com
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