(Automotive Newswire) -- Ticona, the engineering polymers unit of Celanese, Florence, Ky., announced today that it plans to nearly double manufacturing capacity for its Celstran long fiber reinforced thermoplastic (LFRT) at Nanjing, China.
Ticona produces LFRT at the Celanese Nanjing Integrated Chemical Complex that has grown to become the company's largest integrated chemical facility in China.
The LFRT plant came on stream in 2008 with a nameplate capacity of 5ю000 m. tons/yr. and by the end of this year Ticona plans to nearly double that capacity to meet growing demand.