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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Celanese Corporation, a
global chemical and specialty materials company, has announced its
Singapore subsidiary, Celanese Singapore Pte. Ltd., has recently extended its
long-term contract with Linde Gas Singapore Pte. Ltd. for the supply of carbon
monoxide to its Singapore acetyls chemical facility located on Jurong Island,
Singapore, as per the company's press release.
Financial details of the
contract were not disclosed.
Linde operates large integrated gasification
facilities in Singapore to produce gases including hydrogen and carbon monoxide.
Celanese began its acetic acid operations in Singapore in 2000 and has been
supplied by Linde since 2004.
Carbon monoxide is a key feedstock in the
production of acetic acid. The extended contract will provide Celanese’s
Singapore facility with an ongoing, reliable and strategically advantaged supply
of carbon monoxide for its 600 kiloton acetic acid plant and acetyls production
processes.
“Linde has been a valued partner for Celanese as our carbon
monoxide supplier to the Singapore site, and this extension will continue to
provide the site with a flexible and reliable supply of carbon monoxide
supporting our acetyl chain business,” said John Fotheringham, Senior Vice
President, Acetyls. “Our close cooperation with Linde has enabled Celanese to
enhance our operational flexibility in support of our long-term strategy based
upon low cost, flexible production designed to meet our customers’ needs in all
regions of the world.”
“Linde is proud to strengthen our longstanding
relationship with Celanese, a key global customer, while putting our Singapore
business in an even stronger position for the future,” remarked Binod Patwari,
Head of ASEAN, Linde. “This reflects our commitment to the region and, in
particular, to our business and customers in Singapore. We look forward to
continue working closely with Celanese to meet their supply needs safely and
reliably.”
With manufacturing and distribution in all regions, Celanese
is a leading, global producer of acetic acid, which is a basic chemical used in
paints and coatings, adhesives, food packaging and construction materials. The
Celanese Singapore facility produces acetyl intermediate products including
acetic acid, butyl acetate, ethyl acetate, VAE emulsions and VAM, among other
chemical products.
As MRC reported earlier,
in H2 February, 2021, Celanese declared force majeure on its products in
the Americas and EMEA region due to the severe winter weather that has heavily
curtailed US petrochemicals and refinery production and operations on the US
Gulf Coast.
According to MRC's DataScope
report, January EVA imports to Russia rose only by 0,07% year on
year to 3,084 tonnes from 3,087 tonnes a year earlier, and overall imports of
this grade of ethylene copolymer into the Russian Federation dropped in
January-December 2020 by 3,41% year on year to 38,170 tonnes (39,520
tonnes in 2019).
Linde is a leading global industrial gases and
engineering company with 2020 sales of USD27 billion (EUR24 billion). We live
our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing
high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers
more successful and helping to sustain and protect our planet.
Celanese
Corporation is a global technology leader in the production of differentiated
chemistry solutions and specialty materials used in most major industries and
consumer applications. Based in Dallas, Celanese employs approximately
7,700 employees worldwide and had 2020 net sales of USD5.7 billion. |
