Ticona Invests In Two Production Facilities in China.

The article reports on the plan of Ticona Technical Polymers, the engineering polymers business of Celanese Corp., to invest in a new Celstran long-fiber-reinforced thermoplastics (LFRT) compounding facility and a new ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene equipment (UHMW-PE) in China. The new industrial plants are expected to boost the company's UHMW-PE capacity to 90,000 tons a year and increase global Celstran LFRT capacity.