Tiangang and Clariant Inaugurate Cangzhou High-End Polymer Additives JV Plant

On April 12, 2021, amid the blooming spring and,the revival of all things, the factory jointly established by Beijing Tiangang Auxiliary Co., Ltd. (Tiangang) and Clariant AG of Switzerland (Clariant) was inaugurated:---Tianji Clariant Chemical Additives (Cangzhou) Co., Ltd. officially opened

The new plant is located in the national-level Cangzhou Lingang Economic and Technological Development Zone in Bohai New Area, Cangzhou, Hebei Province, and is a core measure of the two companies' cooperation. By establishing the joint-venture plant, Tiangang and Clariant will sustain their successful cooperation with greater strength and better meet the growing demand for high-end processing and light stabilizers from China's growing industries such as automotive, textiles and coatings.

Mr. Liu Gang, Executive Director of Tiangang, stated:'The official opening of the joint-venture plant marks another important milestone in the cooperation between Beijing Tiangang and Clariant AG of Switzerland. Based on the professional strengths of both partners, the plant will provide world-class quality products and excellent service, meeting the growing demand for high-end additive solutions in the Asian region.'

Clariant CEO Conrad Keijzer (Conrad Keijzer) stated:'Strengthening Clariant's position in China is essential to realizing Clariant's long-term strategy. It is precisely through these advanced new plants and strong relationships with powerful local partners that we can truly take root in China, bring change to Chinese customers, and stand out in the local market.'

Tiangang has built in Beijing the industry's only'China Plastics Products Weathering Technology Laboratory', providing comprehensive anti-aging evaluation and technical services to enterprises across the industry. Meanwhile, Tiangangis also building in Cangzhou a new production base occupying18.710,000 m² ofnew production base. Upon completion, the project will achieve an annual production scale of nearly 50,000 tonnes of various light stabilizers and their intermediates and other fine chemicals, providing more high-quality products to the global additive market and greatly improving Tiangang's product line, offering customers the best light-stabilization and anti-aging solutions. Meanwhile, Beijing Tainaco New Materials Co., Ltd., invested by Tiangang, is committed to industrializing its originaltargeted nano-enhancement and anti-mold/antibacterial technologies, which, through special nucleation and intramolecular lubrication mechanisms, simultaneously toughen and reinforce, lower processing temperatures, and provide anti-mold, antibacterial, antiviral and fresh-keeping functions; it has also recently launched several distinctive products for high-performance upgrading of commodity plastics.

Li Yuqing, General Manager of Tiangang, stated: 'As a fine-chemical company committed to providing more technological possibilities for the polymer materials industry through innovation, we are delighted that the joint-venture plant with Clariant has been completed and put into production after four years of intensive construction. Through four years of joint process optimization, engineering design and construction management, we learned a great deal from Clariant's advanced experience as an industry leader. The combination of our two strengths will surely provide the industry with more highly competitive, high-value products and solutions.'

Beijing Tiangang Auxiliary Co., Ltd. is a leading enterprise in China's light-stabilizer products field, founded in1991, it has long focused on R&D of polymer weathering and anti-aging technologies and production of related additive products. It has established R&D centers and production bases in Beijing's Daxing District and Gu'an County, Langfang City, Hebei Province. It is a National High-Tech Enterprise and vice-chairman unit of the China Plastics Processing Industry Association. Tiangang has an R&D center and anti-aging technology center in Beijing, awarded titles such as 'Beijing Enterprise Technology Center' and 'China Plastics Products Weathering Technology Laboratory,' and once received the First Prize of the Ministry of Education's Science and Technology Progress Award, and can assist customers with comprehensive weathering-related technology R&D evaluation and testing.

Clariant is a focused, sustainable and innovative specialty chemicals company headquartered in Muttenz near Basel, Switzerland. As of2020 12 31 having approximately 13,235 employees.2020In the fiscal year of continuing operations, sales were of 38.60 billion Swiss francs.3The company reports under

Tiangang and Clariant established a world-class joint-venture plant in Cangzhou, Hebei, producing processing and light-stabilizer additives (Image provided by: Tiangang/Clariant)