# Celanese completes acquisition of Next Polymers in India

Celanese Corporation has completed the acquisition of Next Polymers Ltd., one of India's largest engineering thermoplastics compounders, gaining a compounding facility in Silvassa, India with 10 production lines and 20,000 tonnes/yr capacity.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2019-01-04
- Where: Silvassa, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, India, India
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 20,000 tonnes/yr
- Products: engineering thermoplastics, polyamide 6, polyamide 66, polypropylene, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, polycarbonate, polymethyl methacrylate
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Celanese](https://endata.com/companies/10711.md) (acquirer)
- [Next Polymers Ltd.](https://endata.com/companies/34812.md) (target)

## Sources

- [plasticstoday.com](https://www.plasticstoday.com/compounding/celanese-completes-acquisition-of-india-s-next-polymers), 2019-01-04: "This acquisition complements our rapidly growing India business and establishes Celanese as a leader in the Indian ETP market by broadening our ability to serve nylon and other engineered materials customers with high product quality and service levels, while also offering our customers a wider rang"
- [echemi.com](https://www.echemi.com/cms/20118.html), 2019-01-31: "US-based speciality materials company, Celanese, has announced the completion of the acquisition of Mumbai-based engineering thermoplastics (ETP) compounder, Next Polymers Ltd."

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