Celanese plans expansion of emulsion polymers in the Netherlands

Celanese Corporation, a global chemical and specialty materials company, announced on 29 January preliminary plans to expand its emulsion polymers derivatives business to extend the value of its global acetyl chain. These focused investments allow Celanese to implement integrated capital deployments to capture disproportionate growth in the global Emulsions market.

“As a world leader in the acetyls and derivatives space, Celanese has an unparalleled, globally integrated production, distribution and sales network to maximize the acetyl chain’s downstream optionality and capture growth in key regions and end uses,” said Todd Elliott, senior vice president, Acetyls. “Building on a commitment to our global customer base to be the partner of choice by solving their most critical needs, Celanese will begin key investments in facility expansions as well as expand on our green technology product development to deliver on the global growth demands of our customers.”

The strategic steps being announced today include implementing a series of capital efficient VAE (vinyl acetate ethylene) expansion and debottlenecking projects from now through the year 2023, including significant expansions of Celanese’s Geleen, Netherlands, and Nanjing, China, VAE emulsions production sites.