# Celanese starts up new VAE unit in Nanjing, China

Celanese started up a new vinyl acetate ethylene (VAE) unit in Nanjing, increasing capacity by 70 kt, and completed global redispersible polymer powders debottlenecking projects.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2024-04-15
- Where: Nanjing, China
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 70 kt per year
- Products: vinyl acetate ethylene, redispersible polymer powders
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [adhesivesmag.com](https://www.adhesivesmag.com/articles/100938-celanese-outlines-strategic-actions-across-its-global-acetyl-chain), 2024-04-15: "The startup of a new vinyl acetate ethylene (VAE) unit in Nanjing and completion of global, low-capital downstream redispersible polymer powders (RDP) debottlenecking projects."

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