Clariant Opens Two Additives R&D Labs in China
Clariant has opened two new research and development laboratories for its Additives business in China, expanding its ability to develop specialty additives locally from initial research through pilot scale.
One laboratory is located at Clariant’s Daya Bay production site in Huizhou and will focus on next-generation flame retardants. The second, at the One Clariant Campus in Shanghai, will develop performance additives including antioxidants, light stabilizers and waxes.
The new facilities move beyond Clariant’s existing application-development capabilities in China by adding full synthesis, analytical and pilot-scale development functions. The company said the expanded capabilities are intended to shorten development cycles and support closer collaboration with customers in China and across the Asia-Pacific region.
Clariant identified plastics, coatings and adhesives among the markets the new R&D capabilities will serve. The Daya Bay laboratory is located alongside the company’s flame-retardant production operation, where Clariant has invested approximately CHF 100 million, including a second production line commissioned in November 2025.
The investment gives Clariant full additive-development capabilities in China rather than application support alone, bringing synthesis and pilot-scale work closer to coatings formulators and other customers in a major Asia-Pacific manufacturing market.
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