Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, recently announced that the construction of its new greenfield production facility in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, is proceeding as planned and is expected to begin production of dessicant canisters by the second semester of 2017. This plant will be a significant contributor to Clariant's global desiccant canister production.

Clariant's business line Healthcare Packaging had conducted the groundbreaking ceremony of this plant in January 2016. This facility will manufacture desiccant canisters, the primary desiccant platform for high-speed, high-volume packaging lines, often the case for generic drug manufacturers. In addition, Clariant is already assessing plans for expanded production, including plans to add high-capacity multi-lane production of its versatile Continu-StripTM desiccant packets, which can be inserted with numerous types of standard dessicant insertion machinery.

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