Clariant will focus on its increasing on-the-ground support and innovation for North America’s four key plastics application segments at NPE 2018. The company will also emphasise on its growth plans for the region by advancing R&D competencies, and increasing its manufacturing footprint and technical capabilities across its 50+ sites, 3 R&D and 6 technical innovation centers. The company’s innovations for the plastics industry include advanced additives, master batches and pigments which support the packaging sector.

The company, at the exhibition, will also highlight solutions for enhancing and protecting healthcare products, as well as its contribution to stronger and colorful textiles and fibers for everything from e-mobility to industrial applications.

Deepak Parikh, President, Clariant-North America comments: “Clariant’s product innovation for the US and wider North American plastics industry embraces the region’s fastest growing end-use areas of automotive and construction. It also addresses the impact of trends driven by changing consumer lifestyle preferences and market regulations on other important segments such as packaging and healthcare.”