New Clariant laboratories in Malaysia

SINGAPORE— Clariant inaugurated its new Malaysian laboratories for Oil Services and Pigments businesses. The new lab facilities are located in Shah Alam, Malaysia and the opening of the lab facilities signifies Clariant’s commitment to providing innovative technologies and products that respond to the needs of customers both locally and regionally.

Located in the nucleus of oil and gas operations in South East Asia, the lab by Clariant Oil Services is the first Center of Excellence in Asia Pacific for its oil business. By utilising LeanSigma approaches, which are the key methodology for Clariant’s continuous improvement initiative known as Clariant Excellence, the new lab enables Clariant’s oil services to deliver high performance and continuous improvement to its customers.

The facility includes state-of-the-art equipment, featuring standard and manual testing processes that model global Clariant Oil Services labs in North America, Brazil and the U.K. It also houses formula simulation and performance testing in emulsion, flow assurance, corrosion and scale control technologies.  It joins the company’s industry-leading mix of laboratories in one of the world’s key oil and gas regions.

For Clariant’s Pigments Business, its ASEAN Pacific Technical Application Center established in 2005 is being upgraded in capacity to allow the business to provide even more comprehensive and customizable technical services to customers from multiple industries in the South East Asia and Pacific region, such as coatings, paintings, printing, plastics and other specialized applications.