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Clariant completes construction of first commercial sunliquid® cellulosic ethanol plant in Podari, Romania

Clariant, a focused, sustainable and innovative specialty chemical company, today announced the official completion of its sunliquid® cellulosic ethanol plant in Podari, Romania.

Clariant collaborates with Indonesia's Pertamina in advanced biofuels assessment

Indonesian oil & gas company Pertamina and Clariant collaboratively evaluate the feasibility of sunliquid® technology to convert available regional feedstocks into advanced biofuels.

CLARIANT AND HARBIN HULAN SINO-DAN JIANYE BIO-ENERGY ANNOUNCE LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR SUNLIQUID® CELLULOSIC ETHANOL TECHNOLOGY IN CHINA

This agreement marks the second license deal for Clariant’s sunliquid® technology in China and its fifth signed license deal globally.

Bilfinger supports Clariant in building first-of-a-kind advanced biofuels plant in Podari, Romania

Bilfinger has been commissioned by the Swiss specialty chemical company Clariant to deliver EPCM (engineering, procurement, overall project and construction management) services for the construction of their commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol production plant using Clariant’s sunliquid® technology in southwest Romania.

Construction of Clariant's sunliquid® plant in Romania on track for completion by the end of 2021

Clariant, a focused, sustainable and innovative specialty chemical company, today announced that it is making good progress with the construction of its sunliquid® cellulosic ethanol production plant in Podari, in the southwestern part of Romania.

Clariant expands its team in Podari

The local Clariant team is expanding rapidly. Recently, 11 new employees joined the production team. In total, the local Clariant team consists now of 26 people.

Ambassador of Switzerland to Romania visits the construction site of Clariant’s cellulosic ethanol plant in Podari, Dolj county

His Excellency Arthur Mattli said: „Clariant’s plant in Podari is an excellent example how agricultural residues in the Dolj region can be newly defined and can be turned into value. The project will therefore contribute to establish a new bio-based value chain based on agricultural residues.”

Clariant and Eta Bio announce license agreement on sunliquid® cellulosic ethanol technology in Bulgaria

Clariant, a focused, sustainable and innovative specialty chemical company, and Eta Bio, a company of the Pavlovi family, running a leading business in the agricultural sector in Bulgaria, today announced that a license agreement for the sunliquid® cellulosic ethanol technology has been signed.

Construction of Clariant’s sunliquid® plant in Podari is progressing well

Clariant, a focused, sustainable, and innovative specialty chemical company, is progressing well with the construction of its new production plant in Podari, Dolj county.

Clariant and Anhui Guozhen and Chemtex announce license agreement on sunliquid® cellulosic ethanol technology in China

Clariant, a focused and innovative specialty chemical company, and Anhui Guozhen Group, a Chinese green energy company, and Chemtex Chemical Engineering, a multinational engineering company, today signed a license agreement on sunliquid® cellulosic ethanol technology.

Clariant and GETEC win dena Energy Efficiency Award 2019

The project partners Clariant and GETEC have won the highly prestigious Energy Efficiency Award from the German Energy Agency (dena) in the category "Concepts for increasing energy efficiency".

Clariant has started the construction of the new sunliquid® plant in Podari/Romania

Clariant, a focused and innovative specialty chemical company, organized two events in October dedicated to the media and the local community from Podari, thus marking the start of the construction of the plant.

Clariant bioethanol plant in Podari enters new phase

Clariant, a focused and innovative specialty chemical company, commenced construction works at the cellulosic bioethanol plant in Podari, Dolj county – the largest ongoing investment in the Craiova region.

Clariant and ORLEN Południe announce license agreement on sunliquid® cellulosic ethanol technology

Clariant, a focused and innovative specialty chemical company, and ORLEN Południe, a member of ORLEN Group, which is a leader in the fuels and energy markets and the largest player in Central and Eastern Europe, today signed a license agreement on sunliquid cellulosic ethanol technology.

Advanced biofuels require a favourable legal framework in the EU

Farmers from Oltenia and Clariant to partner for a cleaner environment

Clariant Awarded for sunliquid® Technology

On 14 November, Clariant employee Markus Rarbach, Head of Business Line Biofuels & Derivatives, received the 2018 Meyer-Galow Prize for business chemistry, sponsored by the renowned Meyer-Galow Foundation and awarded by the German Chemical Society (GDCh).

Groundbreaking for Clariant’s sunliquid® cellulosic ethanol plant in Romania