Celanese Corporation and SharpCell Oy announced their cooperation to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the use of carbon capture and utilization (CCU) technology in Celanese binders. SharpCell Oy is creating lower carbon footprint nonwoven materials for the production of everyday articles such as table tops, wipes, and hygiene products with ingredients manufactured with carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions captured from industrial processes using CCU technology. Celanese uses CCU-based chemical building blocks at its Clear Lake, Texas, facility for vinyl acetate ethylene binders, an integral component in the production of binder-bonded airlaid nonwovens.
The resulting nonwoven products offer a lower product carbon footprint (PCF) than conventional nonwoven products and contribute to more sustainable fiber-based products without compromising product quality. CCU and conventional fossil-fuel based feedstocks are commingled but separately accounted for using a process called mass-balance accounting. Using CCU binder technology in SharpCell?s airlaid nonwovens is projected to utilize over 400 metric tons of captured CO2 annually.
According to the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator, this is comparable to the emissions from burning approximately 45,000 gallons of gasoline.
Celanese Corporation is a chemical and specialty materials company which is engaged in producing engineered polymers that are used in applications, as well as acetyl products, which are intermediate chemicals for all industries. The Company operates through two segments, which include Engineered Materials and Acetyl Chain. The Engineered Materials segment develops, produces and supplies a portfolio of specialty polymers for automotive and medical applications, as well as industrial products and consumer electronics. Its Engineered Materials are used in a range of end-use products including fuel system components, automotive safety systems, medical applications, consumer electronics, appliances, industrial products, and others. The Acetyl Chain segment includes the integrated chain of acetic acid, vinyl acetate monomer (VAM), acetic anhydride, acetate esters, emulsion polymers, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) polymers, redispersible powders (RDP), and acetate tow businesses.
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