BUSINESS AREAS INNOVATION SUSTAINABILITY COMPANY INVESTORS MEDIA CAREERS Clariant Websites | Contacts Worldwide Home / Business Areas / Catalysis and Energy CATALYSIS AND ENERGY JOINT MEGATRENDS AND GROWTH REGIONS The Business Area (BA) Catalysis & Energy is the smallest within Clariant in terms of sales but is highly profitable with high growth rates and low cyclicality. The main business drivers of the BA are energy efficiency, reduced raw material consumption and higher yields in large-scale chemical processes as well as the need for large energy storage systems in energy production technologies (solar, wind, waves, etc.) and in electric vehicles. The Catalysts business is largely driven by growth in the production of chemicals, mainly in the emerging markets. Energy Storage business caters to markets without own hydrocarbon resources where interest in battery materials for electric vehicles and energy storage is high – mainly in China. SHARED ASSETS, PRODUCTS OR TECHNOLOGIES Catalysis & Energy is the only Business Area in the Clariant portfolio which is based on the capabilities in inorganic chemistry – rather then organic chemistry as is the case in the remainder of the Clariant portfolio. Due to the specialized nature of each inorganic producing plant, the two businesses operate different plants; however, the fundamental production processes are the same – therefore, the two businesses share plant engineering and process design and improvement services of the R&D organization. RELATED BUSINESSES CATALYSTS The Business Unit Catalysts is a leading provider of catalysts for chemical, petrochemical, polymer, ... DETAILS ENERGY STORAGE BL Energy Storage develops high-performance materials, like Life Power® P2, for rechargeable batteries. DETAILS ENZYMES & INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY Industrial Biotechnology is our focus – find out who we are and what we do. ... DETAILS CONTACT Clariant International Ltd Rothausstrasse 61 CH-4132 Muttenz Switzerland CONTACT US