Mumbai based Celanese has signed an agreement to acquire Next Polymers, India’s largest domestic engineering thermoplastics compounders. Next Polymers, based in Mumbai, has an approximate 20,000-t/y compounding production facility in Silvassa. Celanese plans to operate Next Polymer's product portfolio and production capabilities within its engineered materials business to include the following polymers: nylon 6 and nylon 66, polypropylene, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, polycarbonate and polymethyl methacrylate.
