12.05.2025 • NewsClariantDowCompetition

Clariant Denies Dow Europe’s Competition Law Allegations in €767 Million Claim

Clariant firmly denies Dow Europe’s 2020 competition law allegations against four chemical companies.

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Clariant rejects Dow Europe’s competition law allegations against chemical companies in €767 million legal dispute.
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Clariant, a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, today announced that on 9 May 2025, the company received a claim for damages against four companies, including Clariant, from Dow Europe with the court of Munich, Germany. The claim alleges damages totaling to around €767 million in relation to infringement of competition law on the ethylene purchasing market which was sanctioned by the European Commission in July 2020. Clariant firmly rejects the allegation and will adamantly defend its position in the proceedings. Dow Europe was not a supplier of ethylene to Clariant and Clariant has substantiated economic evidence that the conduct of the parties did not produce any effect on the market.

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