rchroma is a global colour and specialty
chemicals company headquartered in
Basel, Switzerland. The firm was cre-
ated 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 beingA
We take a closer look at
the technologies that have
been powering the specialty
chemicals company Archroma
since its inception196
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