Home Care and Industrial & Institutional Cleaning

Ingredients and solutions for a cleaner world

Home Care & Industrial Cleaning chemical ingredients

Clariant is one of the leading suppliers of sustainable ingredients and solutions for the Home Care and Industrial & Institutional Cleaning segments. From soil release polymers that protect fibers to silver biocides, from special amine oxides to low foaming surfactants, we offer a wide range of top-performing chemicals and application know-how to support you in developing the right formulation. 

Our portfolio comprises a multifaceted range of products that meet consumers’ needs efficiently and comprehensively. We are the ideal partner when it comes to developing all types of solutions and innovations related to laundry, cleaning and cleansing.
  • Products

    The Industrial & Home Care portfolio covers a broad range of products, from polymers that help protecting colors to silver biocides, from special amine oxides to low foaming surfactants.

    Clariant offers what you need to take care of your home and your business.

    • Textile Care Polymers

      With the TexCare® DFC line, Clariant offers the possibility of protecting colored fabrics while avoiding white fabrics being stained by colorants and pigments. The TexCare® SRN range protects clothes and surfaces from redeposition of soils and performs well with soil release. more

    • Rheology Modifiers

      Rheology is a central factor in the relationship between consumers and cleaning products. As one of the main sensorial attributes of a product, it is an essential cue in the consumer’s perception of quality and performance. more

    • Biocides & Actives

      Robust preservation of finished liquid formulations in a cost-effective manner is crucial for Household & Institutional Cleaning formulators. Clariant offers a focused product line, under the trade names Nipacide® and Nipaguard® that undertakes this task on a day-to-day basis, providing excellent preservation adjusted to the industry's needs. more

    • Low Foaming & Defoamers

      Foam can be both a blessing and a curse. However, while it is quite easy to produce foam when necessary, it is really hard to eliminate it when it is inconvenient. Specially when developing products for Industrial & Institutional cleaning, or when developing products to be used inside washing machines, foam can go from being a mere annoyance to being the main reason for a production plant to stop. more

    • Surfactants

      Surfactants are the basis for every single formulation in the Industrial & Home Care business. A wide range of options is of fundamental importance for customers. Many Clariant surfactants can be offered from various production sites to fulfil regional needs in a cost-effective way. Clariant focuses on increasing the efficiency of surfactant systems in cleaning formulations as this addresses a key aspect of sustainability. more

    • Sugar Surfactants

      GlucoPure™ is the new generation of sugar surfactants, allying the known green profile of this class of raw materials with a top cleaning performance. Ideal for highly performing dishwashing liquids / washing-up liquids. more

    • Special Products

      For more specific needs, Clariant offers a wide range of more special products, such as PEGs, special solvents, sequestering agents (Sequest® line), corrosion inhibitors and pearlizers. more

  • Markets
    • Laundry

      Laundry

      From pretreatment to ironing, Clariant has products for all steps in the laundry process. We provide bleach systems to improve the pretreatment performance, additives for an easier and quicker washing, protecting colors and avoiding soil redeposition. We can also provide all the main quaternaries for fabric softeners.

      • TexCare SRN 170

        TexCare ® SRN 170 is a water soluble nonionic soil release polyester exhibiting top formulability and compatibility with liquid detergents and cleaners. Due to its nonionic character, TexCare ® SRN 170 exhibits a broad tolerance to the most common surfactant systems. more

      • TexCare SRN 172

        TexCare ® SRN 172 is a nonionic soil release polyester designed for use in low-water products such as laundry capsules and pouches. At recommended inclusion levels, TexCare ® SRN 172 adds no more than 0.3% water to a liquid formulation. Due to its nonionic character, TexCare ® SRN 172 exhibits a broad tolerance to the most common surfactant systems, even in concentrated environments. more

      • TexCare SRN 260

        TexCare SRN 260 is a water soluble nonionic soil release polyester exhibiting market leading performance in liquid detergents and cleaners. Due to its nonionic character, TexCare SRN 260 exhibits a broad tolerance to the most common surfactant systems. more

      • TexCare SRA 300 F

        TexCare ® SRA 300F is an anionic soil release polyester which was developed specifically for detergent powder applications. Due to its anionic character, TexCare ® SRA 300F exhibits a broad tolerance to the most common surfactant systems. more

      • TexCare DFC 6 pre

        Intensively dyed fabrics suffer color fading during successive washes. The color care additive TexCare DFC 6 pre helps you to protect colors and increase the life time of the dyed clothes. TexCare DFC 6 pre adsorbes onto the fiber surface during a household laundry process and reduces the release of the dyes and therefore the fading of the fabrics. more

      • Praepagen HY

        Praepagen HY could be classified as a typical cationic surfactant whose solubility or hydrophilic characteristics are improved by the presence of a hydroxyl group in its structure. This characteristic allow its use in typical anionic formulations, and shows particular benefits of synergistic action on removal of difficult stains like oily and fatty ones from fabrics or other surfaces, even after ageing. more

      • Praepagen HEQ-10

        Praepagen HEQ-10 is a detergency booster in presence of anionic-based formulations (HDWL) and cationic cleaner. more

      • Hostagel VB

        Hostagel VB is an environmentally friendlier low-VOC and solvent-free choice for breaking the viscosity of concentrated dishwashing liquids. It additionally prevents drying of skin and enhances mildness of formulation. more

    • Hard Surface Cleaners

      Hard Surface Cleaners

      It does not matter if you want to clean or disinfect, Clariant has solutions for everything that concerns Hard Surface Cleaning. Glass, metal, stone, or any other surface, we can provide specific solutions for all your needs. High pH, low pH, strong, weak, any cleaner can benefit from Clariant products.

      • Hostagel PH1

        Hostagel PH1 is a surfactant blend for acidic cleaners, e.g. bath & toilet cleaners. It thickens HCl acid formulations and other acidic cleaners based on e.g. phosphoric, sulfamic and sulfuric acid in the presence of chloride ions. Especially in combination with amine oxides, Hostagel PH1 thickened acidic formulations show a long-term storage stability and low shear dependence. more

      • Hostagel TAC

        Hostagel TAC is a suspending agent for surfactant systems, used to stabilize particles such as air bubbles, speckles and inorganic particles. more

      • Hostagel AVS

        Hostagel AVS is the perfect thickener for products with high solvent content, such as glass cleaners and hand sanitizers. more

      • Hostagel LT

        Hostagel LT is a special thickener for those systems where electrolytes do not work enough. more

      • Hostagel CL

        Hostagel CL presents the most cost effective thickener for chlorine bleach gel formulations. more

      • GlucoPure Wet

        GlucoPure Wet combines fast soap scum removal and mildness to plastic materials to give you the most suitable co-surfactant for bathroom cleaners and hard surface cleaners in general. For more details see our Discover Value GlucoPure page more

    • Dishwashing

      Dishwashing

      Whether by hand or using a washing machine, Clariant can help you with the dishes. It can be a liquid, a paste, a tablet, or any other innovative format, there will surely be a way of helping our customers improving the performance of their dishwashing formulations.

      Auto-Dishwashing

      • Genapol EC 50

        In today's fast-moving times, consumers are increasingly demanding for convenient multifunctional automatic dishwashing detergents (ADD). For those, the rinse and drying performance is a decisive factor for the product’s efficiency – and thus the consumer satisfaction. With Genapol EC 50 we offer a highly effective rinse surfactant which ensures excellent rinse and drying performance for streak-free and spotless dishware. more

      • Genapol EP 2584

        Genapol EP 2584 is especially suitable for the manufacture of low foaming cleaners and rinse aids for automatic dish-washing. more

      • Emulsogen COL 020

        Emulsogen COL 020 is a low foaming ether carboxylic acid with excellent emulsification properties and used for metal working fluids, fire resistant hydraulic fluids (HFA-S) and rolling emulsions. If neutralized with alkanolamines, Emulsogen COL 020 shows good corrosion protection. The product is extremely stable against electrolyte and hard water. more

      Hand Dishwashing

      • GlucoPure Foam

        GlucoPure Foam is the perfect combination of sustainability and performance for Hand Dishwashing Liquid Detergents, with the additional benefits of no aqua toxicity labelling and skin mildness. For more details see our Discover Value GlucoPure page . more

      • GlucoPure Deg

        GlucoPure Deg presents the same performance profile of the GlucoPure Foam, but is commercialized with more than 60% active content and approximately 10% of ethanol. For more details see our Discover Value GlucoPure page . more

      • Hostagel VB

        Hostagel VB is an environmentally friendlier low-VOC and solvent-free choice for breaking the viscosity of concentrated dishwashing liquids. It additionally prevents drying of skin and enhances mildness of formulation. more

      • Praepagen HY

        Praepagen HY could be classified as a typical cationic surfactant whose solubility or hydrophilic characteristics are improved by the presence of a hydroxyl group in its structure. This characteristic allow its use in typical anionic formulations, and shows particular benefits of synergistic action on removal of difficult stains like oily and fatty ones from fabrics or other surfaces, even after ageing. more

      • Praepagen HEQ-10

        Praepagen HEQ-10 is a detergency booster in presence of anionic-based formulations (HDWL) and cationic cleaner. more

      • Emulsogen COL 100

        Emulsogen COL 100 is a low foaming ether carboxylic acid with excellent emulsification and dispersing properties. It is used for metal working fluids, fire resistant hydraulic fluids (HFA-S) and rolling emulsions. The product is extremely stable against electrolyte and hard water. Furthermore Emulsogen COL 100 shows outstanding lime soap dispersing power, being able to disperse large quantities of calcium oleate or tallate. The product can also be offered as a low chlorine version. more

    • Industrial & Institutional

      Industrial & Institutional

      There are many specific cleaning needs inside the Industrial & Institutional market:

      How to clean grease and blood from a butchery shop?

      What is necessary to do the laundry of a hospital?

      And the laundry of a hotel? How to develop a bottle cleaner?

      All those challenges can be addressed to Clariant and its laboratories, and we will gladly help you develop what you need.


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