Celanese closes Ulsan facility, shifts production to China and India

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Celanese to Optimize Engineered Materials Compounding Footprint in Asia Region

June 4, 2026 5:30 PM EDT

Company announces closure of Ulsan, South Korea facility to advance Grow & Fortify strategy

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a global specialty materials and chemical company, today announced a critical production network optimization step in support of the Grow & Fortify strategy of its Engineered Materials business. Over the past several years, Celanese has taken significant measures to ensure reliability of supply by investing in world-class compounding assets globally and by working to provide its customers with engineered materials products of superior quality, performance and reliability.

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