# Celanese to acquire DuPont's Mobility and Materials unit for $11 billion

Celanese agreed to acquire most of DuPont's Mobility and Materials unit for $11 billion, including engineering polymers and elastomers, with 5,000 employees and 29 manufacturing sites.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2018-12-11
- Where: United States
- Value: $11.0B
- Jobs: 5,000
- Status: announced
- Products: nylon 6,6, long-chain nylons, performance nylons, polybutylene terephthalate, polyethylene terephthalate, polyester elastomers, ethylene acrylic elastomers, Mylar films, Melinex films
- 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) (acquirer)
- [DuPont](https://endata.com/companies/13205.md) (target)

## Sources

- [nanotechnologyworld.org](https://www.nanotechnologyworld.org/othernews/celanese-will-buy-dupont%E2%80%99s-engineering-polymer-and-elastomer-businesses-for-%2411-billion), 2018-12-11: "This is a very high-quality business, a high-margin business that very much kind of fits hand and glove with our engineered materials business."

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