Why is Celanese closing its Ulsan compounding facility?

Celanese is closing its Ulsan facility to fortify the operating structure of its engineered materials business and optimize its cost and manufacturing production footprint by leveraging its world-class compounding assets in Shenzhen and Nanjing, China, and Silvassa, India.

Where will the production volumes from the Ulsan facility be relocated?

Volumes produced at the Ulsan facility will be transferred to Celanese’s facilities in Shenzhen and Nanjing, China, and in Silvassa, India.

Celanese to Close Ulsan Compounding Facility

Jun 5, 2026

Celanese Corp. announced the closure of its engineered materials compounding facility in Ulsan, South Korea. Production volumes will be transferred to facilities in China and India to optimize manufacturing costs and operating structure.

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