Celanese (United States)

American speciality materials and chemical company with its head office at Irving in Texas, whose history goes back to the cellulose acetate business founded in 1918, listed in New York. Makes acetyl products including acetic acid, vinyl acetate and acetate tow, and engineered materials including thermoplastics and medical grade polymers used in drug delivery implants, inhalers and device components through its VitalDose and MicroSafe lines, and runs its own analytical, product safety and regulatory laboratories.