# Celanese initiates debottlenecking of POM production lines

Celanese Corporation announced a capital efficient debottlenecking project of its polyoxymethylene (POM) production lines to increase capacity. Phase I is expected to be completed in 2020, Phase II shortly thereafter.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-04-30
- Where: Nanjing, China
- Starts operating: 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 15 kT per year
- Products: polyoxymethylene (POM)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Celanese](https://endata.com/companies/10711.md)

## Sources

- [celanese.com](https://www.celanese.com/news-and-media/2018/april/celanese-announces-gur-capacity-expansion-at-its-nanjing), 2018-04-29: "The GUR® capacity expansion at our Nanjing integrated chemical complex will enable Celanese to continue to support a growing and diverse customer base."
- [celanese.com](https://www.celanese.com/news-and-media/2018/april/celanese-initiates-expansion-program-of-pom-production-assets), 2018-04-29: "The debottlenecking of Celanese’s POM polymer production lines will support a growing customer base and respond to the increasing complexity in high-performance polymers."

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