Celanese Corp. CE

What this company does

Celanese operates as a global chemical and specialty materials company. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, its operations are primarily located in North America, Europe and Asia and consist of 51 global production facilities and an additional 20 strategic affiliate production facilities. As of December 31, 2025, it employed 11,434 people worldwide. The company operates principally through two business segments, Engineered Materials and the Acetyl Chain. The Engineered Materials segment includes the company's engineered materials business and certain strategic affiliates. The Acetyl Chain segment includes the integrated chain of acetyl products, acetate tow business, emulsion polymers, EVA polymers and redispersible powders, and is active in every major global industrial sector, serving diverse consumer end-use applications. Celanese's history began in 1918, the year its predecessor company, The American Cellulose & Chemical Manufacturing Company, was incorporated, having been founded by Swiss brothers Drs. Camille and Henri Dreyfus.

Written from the business description in Celanese Corp's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 24 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.