Clariant Oil & Mining Services Breaks Ground on Global Headquarters in The Woodlands

HOUSTON, Sept. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Clariant yesterday broke ground on a new global headquarters for its Oil & Mining Services business unit in The Woodlands, Texas, expanding the company's current presence in the master-planned community and energy hub located 30 miles north of Houston.

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The campus, which is slated to be complete by fall 2013, will include two 32,000 sq. ft., two-story buildings containing offices for both the global business unit and North American operations, the global & regional Oil Services technical center, a regional Mining technical center and an employee training facility. The new space will allow Clariant to double its workforce in The Woodlands by 2015.

"We are very excited to expand our footprint in The Woodlands," said Chris Oversby, Vice President & General Manager of Clariant Oil & Mining Services. "This area has increasingly become a major hub of activity for the oil & gas industry, and it is an ideal place to live and work. Our new campus will allow us to continue to grow our business as well as our organization allowing us to meet the evolving needs of our customers."

The headquarters will be housed in Black Forest Technology Park, home to many prestigious businesses and located minutes from The Woodlands Town Center.  The addresses for the two buildings will be 2730 and 2750 Technology Forest Blvd., The Woodlands, Texas, 77831.

www.clariant.com

Clariant is an internationally active specialty chemical company, based in Muttenz near Basel. The group owns over 100 companies worldwide and employed 22 149 employees on December 31, 2011. In the financial year 2011, Clariant recorded a turnover of around CHF 7.4 billion. Clariant is divided into eleven business units: Additives; Catalysis & Energy; Emulsions, Detergents & Intermediates; Functional Materials; Industrial & Consumer Specialties; Leather Services; Masterbatches; Oil & Mining Services; Paper Specialties; Pigments; Textile Chemicals. Clariant focuses on creating value by investing in future profitable and sustainable growth, which is based on four strategic pillars: Improving profitability, innovation as well as research and development, dynamic growth in emerging markets, and optimizing the portfolio through complementary acquisitions or divestments.

oil.clariant.com

Clariant Oil Services is a leading provider of chemical technologies and services to the oil, pipeline and refinery industries. A global business with headquarters in Houston, Texas, Clariant Oil Services is represented in all major oil and gas locations. From deepwater exploration to refining, Clariant Oil Services provides chemical products and services designed to reduce customer costs, decrease operational risks and improve production efficiency.
Clariant Oil Services operates state-of-the-art R&D and applications laboratories in the United States, Scotland, Germany, Brazil and Indonesia, as well as an environmental testing laboratory in Norway. Clariant Oil Services' industry experience is supported by a dedicated global technical services network, providing a unique position from which to address and resolve customer challenges anywhere in the world, now and in the future.

mining.clariant.com

Clariant Mining is a leading provider of flotation chemicals and explosion emulsifiers to the global mining industry. Clariant Mining's strong and growing team of technical experts operates around the globe and is dedicated to providing world-class specialty chemical solutions that add value to customers' mining operations. The company operates a state-of-the-art R&D laboratory at its headquarters in The Woodlands, Texas, which is dedicated to the development and optimization of chemical solutions for North American customers.

refinery.clariant.com

Clariant Refinery Services is a leading provider of cold-flow additive applications for middle distillates including diesel, home heating oil and biofuels. A global business with headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, Clariant Refinery Services holds over 300 patents in cold-flow applications and provides robust cold-flow technology to match increasingly complex fuel composition and difficult-to-treat diesel fuels. Clariant Refinery Services works directly with customers to provide a tailored service package that includes product support, analytics, weekly reports and blend suggestions for production planning and product optimization.

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