US Celanese to expand compounding, resin capacity
Al Greenwood
16-Oct-2017
HOUSTON (ICIS)–US-based compounder and resin producer Celanese plans to expand capacity at several sites throughout the world, it said on Monday.
For compounding, the new lines and expansions will add 50,000-60,000 tonnes/year of compounding capacity, the company said. Debottlenecking existing plants will add another 10,000-15,000 tonnes/year of capacity.
For Celstran long-fiber thermoplastics (LFT), a new line and debottlenecking will add 9,000 tonnes/year of capacity.
For GUR ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE), the new line will add 15,000 tonnes/year of capacity.
The table below lists the new projects.
Product | Site | Project type |
Compounding | Nanjing, China | 2 lines |
Compounding | Suzhou, China | 1 line |
Compounding | Florence, Kentucky | 2 lines |
Compounding | Bishop, Texas | expansion |
Compounding | Forli, Italy | 1 line |
Celstran LFT | Winona, Minnesota | 1 line |
Celstran LFT | Winona, Minnesota | debottleneck |
GUR UHMW-PE | Nanjing, China | 1 line |
Celanese expects to complete the projects in 2018-2019, it said. The company did not say how much the projects would cost.
Celanese is building the plants to meet growing demand for specialty materials from the medical, automotive, consumer-goods and electronics industry, said Scott Richardson, senior vice president, Celanese engineered materials business.
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