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A sustainable

future with

The CHT Group is a trend-setting global player for
specialty chemistry. Being a foundation-owned,
tradition-minded and value-oriented company for
chemical specialties, CHT considers its sustainable
economic activities and acting not only as an
opportunity for a long-term, successful future of the
Group but also as its claim.

It continues to gain size and attractiveness as an
employer. At the end of 2017 the Group had 2,186
employees, about one third of them at the German
sites of Tübingen, Dusslingen, Oyten and
Geretsried. Through the acquisition of the ICM
Silicones Group, the CHT Group grew by almost
200 new employees. New tasks and the worldwide
activity make the CHT Group more and more Mr Haroon Ali Khan (Managing Director- CHT Pakistan), Mr Faisal Mushtaq and Mr Qulbay Abbas (General Manage CHT Pakistan) at Heimtextil Frankfurt 2018 (Left to Right)
interesting as an employer and keep it on a growth
course. • Sustainable product range: Regular evaluation of mineral oils
the entire core product ranges per business area • Additives for agrochemicals which provide for a
The CHT Group sustainability report 2017 provides on the basis of sustainability criteria. In 2017, the significant increase in the active substances and
information on the social, ecological and economic sales share of sustainable products was further for a reduced water consumption
responsibility of the company in its core business increased. As of 2018, the local product ranges will • D4-/D5-low silicone cycles
and along the entire value chain on the basis of the also be subject to a sustainability assessment. • Fluorocarbon-free water repellency of leather
globally recognized guidelines of the Global • Antiscalants for pulp production which lead to
Reporting Initiative (GRI G4). In terms of sustainability Business Field Textile takes energy and water savings
an unequivocal stand: • Enzymes for paper production which lead to
The CHT Group sustainability targets • Development of chemical products and system significant energy savings
Products and process solutions contributing to a solutions which lead to water and energy savings
“For 2018 we expect a rather moderate sustainable development are an integral part of CHT in the textile finishing process With its sustainable product range the Business Field
growth in sales. Due to increased raw product range. The CHT Group declared aim is to • Development of environmentally friendly denim Construction & Assembly focuses on the following
material costs and the shortage of some continuously increase the share of sustainable finishing processes, e.g. by substituting potassium application fields:
raw materials, market development has products. permanganate • Fluorocarbon-free protection of house front paints,
not become easier for us. Nevertheless, • Fluorocarbon-free water repellency for textiles plasters and concrete structures from humidity
we have responded to the difficult market The CHT sustainability targets include: • Formaldehyde-free binder systems and easy care resins • Thickeners and water retention agents based on
conditions and are supplementing and • Introduction of energy and resource management • Process aids for PET recycling renewable resources for numerous construction
• Dyes and auxiliaries for environmentally friendly
and paint applications
optimizing our product portfolio. at all German locations of the CHT Group (2015); in dyeing processes • Functional additive for switching from solventbased
2017, the CHT Group started to audit roll-out
Purchasing raw materials has become a measures • Water-based print pastes paints and coatings to water-based ones
daunting challenge. As a result, • Reduction of the use of critical raw materials in the • VOC-free defoamers and surface additives which
significant price increases in all product CHT Group; screening and evaluation of chemical The Business Field General Industries offers its are suited an indirect food contact
ranges and industry segments are raw materials according to defined criteria; sustainable product range for the following • Textile-reinforced concrete
unavoidable for us this year.” definition of 10 critical raw materials with reduction application fields:
goals in a first step for the companies in Germany, • Raw materials for fluorocarbon-free impregnation in Business Field Textile Care focuses on the
Dr. Frank Naumann, CEO of the CHT Group Switzerland and Turkey. As of 2018, a group-wide the Consumer Care field application field of sustainable and clean washing
roll-out will take place via the introduction of a • Drying aids for car wash which are free from processes, e.g. by means of UV-C energy.
Global Raw Material Number and its administration.

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