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Celanese Announces Global Price Increases for POM, Polyester and LFT

Tuesday 01. February 2011 - Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a global technology and specialty materials company, and its Ticona engineering polymers business, today announced it will increase prices worldwide for the following products:

Hostaform, Celcon and Amcel acetal copolymer (POM) by up to 0.27 USD/kg or higher on selected products.
Celanex PBT, Vandar PBT, Impet PET and Riteflex TPC-ET polyesters by up to 0.48 USD/kg or higher on selected products.
Celstran LFT by up to 0.27 USD/kg or higher on selected products.
These price increases are effective on global customer shipments beginning Feb. 15, 2011, or as contracts allow, except for Asia Pacific where the increases are effective Feb. 28, 2011, or as contracts allow.