US Celanese completes debottlenecking at engineered materials plants
Stefan Baumgarten
11-Oct-2017
HOUSTON
(ICIS)–Celanese has completed debottlenecking projects and
product transfers at its engineered materials plants in the
US, Mexico, China and Germany, the US-based producer said on
Wednesday.
The projects were undertaken over the past 12 months at
ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) plants in
Bishop, Texas, and Nanjing, China; acetal copolymer (POM)
facilities at Bishop and at Frankfurt, Germany; a
thermoplastic polyester (PBT) plant in Silao, Mexico; and a
polyphenylene sulphide (PPS) joint-venture facility in
Wilmington, North Carolina.
The debottlenecks increased output by more than 10% at
each unit, respectively, “and demonstrate a commitment and
focus on meeting the demands of our global customers for
specialty engineered materials,” said Scott Richardson,
senior vice president at the company’s engineered materials
business.
Celanese did not comment on costs and it did not disclose
capacity data in terms of tonnes or pounds per year.
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