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Celanese reports accelerated restarts and reactor commissioning across acetyls and engineered materials network

Celanese announced accelerated operational actions at its IPH Frankfurt site and a feedstock reallocation from its Fairway Methanol joint venture to support production of VAM, VAE emulsions and POM. The measures are described as leveraging an integrated acetyls-to-engineered-materials value chain and may have implications for regulatory, contractual and intellectual property considerations.

Arkema supplies Elium® recyclable thermoplastic resin for Zephir speed board prototype

Arkema and the Zephir Project unveiled a speed-board prototype at JEC World 2026 that incorporates Elium® liquid thermoplastic acrylic resin and recycled carbon fiber inputs. The design is presented as chemically recyclable through a depolymerization process that separates resin and fiber for reuse.