Celanese Opens Expanded Michigan Technology Center to Accelerate Customer Innovation and Strengthen North American Engineered Materials Development

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DALLAS & TROY, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a global specialty materials and chemicals company, today announced the opening of its expanded Michigan Technology Center (MTC)—a strategic expansion that strengthens the company’s U.S.-based innovation footprint and advances its Engineered Materials 2026 growth strategy. The center is designed to enable earlier customer engagement, faster development cycles, and deeper integration of technology and expertise across Celanese’s broad materials portfolio.

The expanded MTC brings together piloting, application development, and advanced engineering prototyping capabilities under one roof. This integration unifies talent, tools, and technology while modernizing Celanese’s ability to collaborate with customers on next‑generation material solutions. The expansion also incorporates the relocation of the Santoprene^® TPV piloting operation from Houston, Texas, reducing our overall cost to support while creating a centralized hub for extrusion development, foaming technologies, and advanced engineering.

“The Michigan Technology Center represents a major step forward in our commitment to innovation and the long‑term growth of our EM business,” said Todd Elliott, Senior Vice President, Engineered Materials. “By bringing advanced development capabilities closer to our customers while improving efficiencies, we strengthen our ability to co‑create differentiated solutions and drive the next wave of growth with our development partners.”

A Customer-Centered Innovation Engine

Purpose‑built around the way our partners and customers across the value chain design, test, validate, and commercialize applications across key end markets such as automotive, electrical & electronics and medical, the Michigan Technology Center supports hands‑on co-development with Celanese experts to accelerate design optimization, problem solving, and commercialization readiness.

Customers gain access to a distinctive set of capabilities, including:

• Hands‑on co‑development with Celanese experts across application validation and design optimization.
• Unique technical capabilities, including a highly specialized Santoprene^® TPV pilot line and advanced foaming technologies that enable broader design space and performance innovation.
• Faster development cycles, enabled by local responsiveness paired with global technical depth.
• Stronger supply chain resilience through U.S.-based innovation resources and development support.

The Troy facility has been expanded by more than 10,000 square feet of new high‑bay processing space, plus 3,000 square feet of modified areas including a new control room, electrical room, and future office space. The nearby Auburn Hills site adds nearly 4,000 square feet of updated lab and new innovation space.

Importantly, both projects were completed with zero Tier 1 or Tier 2 safety or environmental incidents. Together, the projects required approximately 60,000 people‑hours, including building construction and site preparation, with 27 truckloads of equipment and materials relocated to Michigan—ranging from injection molders and extrusion lines to QC test equipment and Santoprene^® compounding systems.

Strengthening Portfolio Power and Customer Value

The expanded center supports development across 17-plus Engineered Materials product families, including Zytel^® PA, Hytrel^® TPC, Forton^® PPS, and Santoprene^® TPV. By centralizing advanced engineering, computer-aided engineering (CAE), Field Technical Service (FTS), and application development capabilities in Michigan, Celanese enhances its ability to engage earlier with customers, accelerate application development and deepen long‑term customer partnerships.

Through more efficient development workflows, reduced waste, and innovations that support lighter and dynamic solutions, the MTC reinforces the company’s approach to responsible growth.

About Celanese

Celanese Corporation is a global leader in chemistry, producing specialty material solutions used across most major industries and consumer applications. Our businesses use our chemistry, technology and commercial expertise to create value for our customers, employees and shareholders. We support sustainability by responsibly managing the materials we create and growing our portfolio of sustainable products to meet customer and societal demand. We strive to make a positive impact in our communities and to foster inclusivity across our teams. Celanese Corporation is a Fortune 500 company that employs more than 11,000 employees worldwide with 2025 net sales of $9.5 billion.

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Source: Celanese Corporation