ARCHROMA
We take a closer look at the technologies that have been powering the specialty chemicals company Archroma since its inception
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A rchroma is a global colour and specialty chemicals company headquartered in Basel , Switzerland . The firm was created out of chemicals company Clariant ’ s textile , paper and emulsions business in 2013 , a move that is crucial to understanding the company ’ s structure as of today , which has become more lean , more agile , more flexible and more direct . The separation from Clariant was particularly focused on building an independent company . with best-in-class technology , expertise and people and was completed in less than a year .
Having since made a number of acquisitions , including BASF ’ s textile chemicals business in 2015 , the company today has some 3,000 employees across more than 35 countries , operating 25 production sites . In Asia , Archroma has 1,200 employees , with Singapore being
FEBRUARY 2021