Celanese Corp.

History

Year	Detail
1918	The American Cellulose & Chemical Manufacturing Company (Amcelle) was founded in New York City, New York, USA, and later became Celanese Corp.
1921	Celanese began commercial production of acetate yarn.
1926	Celanese Canada was formed in Drummondville, Canada.
1927	The American Cellulose & Chemical Manufacturing Co. changes its name to "Celanese Corporation of America."
1945	Celanese established a production plant in Bishop, Texas.
1961	Celanese Corp. of America and Hoechst A.G. set up the Ticona Polymerwerke joint venture in Kelsterbach, Germany.
1965	Celanese opens a manufacturing facility in Lanaken, Belgium.
1979	Establishment of Celanese Far East Ltd in Hong Kong, China.
1981	Celanese, SABIC, and Duke Energy entered the Ibn Sina joint venture.
1993	Celanese acquired Copley Pharmaceuticals Inc.
2000	Celanese A.G. acquired the polyvinyl alcohol business from Air Products.
2002	The company acquired European emulsions and global emulsion powders businesses from Clariant A.G.
2009	Celanese acquired the long fiber reinforced thermoplastics (LFRT) business of FACT GmbH.
2010	Celanese acquired two product lines from DuPont Performance Polymers: Zenite and Thermx.
2013	Celanese and Mitsui & Co. Ltd. established a joint venture to produce methanol.
2016	Celanese acquired SO.F.TER.
2018	The company opened a new Customer Color & Aesthetics Solution Center in Florence, Kentucky, U.S.
2022	Celanese completes the acquisition of the Mobility & Materials Business of DuPont.
2023	Celanese and TracXon announced a collaboration on a large area of LED-on-Foil.