Our Approach
Our Open Innovation initiative supports the Business Units in identifying collaboration partners around the world, ranging from large corporations to start-ups, universities, and other research institutions. Important elements of Open Innovation are engaging technology scouts, promoting scientific partnerships and crowdsourcing technology solutions.
Our objective is to create better innovations and accelerate time to market by collaborating with outside partners with market-leading technologies. We understand that Open Innovation is an innovation in itself and therefore has to be managed accordingly if it is to be implemented successfully. It is all about connecting the front end to back end of Innovation.
Along with facilitating more scouting activities across regions, we are executing the best concepts through a series of testing, development, and implementation processes, aiming to increase the number of success stories.

Clariant
Sugar Surfactant
Open Innovation Challenge
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Shaping the future of sugar surfactant with one of the largest and most innovative chemical companies in the world!
We are calling for global tech-partners to join us to explore new opportunities with our surfactant technology.
All proposals will be considered for various partnership and funding opportunities, as well as access to our in-house expertise and global markets. The top two proposals will stand a chance to win CHF 10,000 and 5,000 respectively.
Sustainability Challenge
Open Innovation plays an important role by going outside of the company to bring in leading sustainability solutions for our company. We have merged open innovation practices with the sustainability concept in order to support the developments of better products and new business opportunities geared with sustainability-related impacts. Below are our sustainability challenge topics:
- Circular Economy – Technologies that enable the recycling of solid wastes and spent materials to useful products
- Carbon Neutral – Technologies that reduce the release of harmful greenhouse gases, most notably carbon dioxide
- Health and Safety – Technologies that enable eco-friendly products for human and environment
Interested partners with relevant technology to our sustainability challenge are invited to this innovation call. Please clearly indicate the sustainability focus in the tech-proposal.

Supporting the transition from a one-way plastics value chain to a circular plastics economy
Clariant is proud to participate in the Singapore Sustainability Open Innovation Challenge 2020. Promising and committed global innovators will have the opportunity to work closely with us to co-develop solutions on our plastic recycling challenges below:
- Chemical recycling to obtain high quality pyrolysis oil
- Removal of labels on plastic packaging
Proposals that meet eligibility criteria for grand application may also be provided with funding support.
Technology Focus Fields
Beyond our Sustainability Challenges, we are also seeking technology proposals in these technology focus fields.
Partnerships and Benefits

提供资金
您是否是活跃在我们的某个开放式创新重点领域的创业者? 从业务指导到创业,我们可以帮助创业者和年轻企业克服财务挑战,从而实现快速发展。

提供资金
您是否是活跃在我们的某个开放式创新重点领域的创业者? 从业务指导到创业,我们可以帮助创业者和年轻企业克服财务挑战,从而实现快速发展。

提供资金
您是否是活跃在我们的某个开放式创新重点领域的创业者? 从业务指导到创业,我们可以帮助创业者和年轻企业克服财务挑战,从而实现快速发展。

设施
寻找测试或生产设施对资金紧张的个人和创业者来说无疑是一项挑战。 我们可以为您提供实验室和设施,以促进您的创新事业。

设施
寻找测试或生产设施对资金紧张的个人和创业者来说无疑是一项挑战。 我们可以为您提供实验室和设施,以促进您的创新事业。

设施
寻找测试或生产设施对资金紧张的个人和创业者来说无疑是一项挑战。 我们可以为您提供实验室和设施,以促进您的创新事业。

市场
您是否已制造出一种产品,却发现难以将它推广到全球市场中? 我们的全球专家网可以为您提供扩大客户基础的理想合作伙伴。

市场
您是否已制造出一种产品,却发现难以将它推广到全球市场中? 我们的全球专家网可以为您提供扩大客户基础的理想合作伙伴。

市场
您是否已制造出一种产品,却发现难以将它推广到全球市场中? 我们的全球专家网可以为您提供扩大客户基础的理想合作伙伴。

专门技术
从科学研究到业务发展,我们都拥有丰富的经验和综合性能力。 作为一家在所有相关市场均设有代表的全球化企业,我们的专家可以在整个创新链中为您提供支持。

专门技术
从科学研究到业务发展,我们都拥有丰富的经验和综合性能力。 作为一家在所有相关市场均设有代表的全球化企业,我们的专家可以在整个创新链中为您提供支持。

专门技术
从科学研究到业务发展,我们都拥有丰富的经验和综合性能力。 作为一家在所有相关市场均设有代表的全球化企业,我们的专家可以在整个创新链中为您提供支持。