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Company Profile. Global producer of chemicals for both consumer and industrial applications.Headquartered in Dallas, TexasManufacturing plants in North America, Europe, and AsiaEmployees approximately 8,900 employees. Industry Analysis. Industry: Industrial Commodity ChemicalsUses Natural Resources, i.e. Natural Gas and Oil to Create Chemical Raw MaterialsProducts often appear as intermediates in
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1. Celanese Corporation (CE)
2. Company Profile Global producer of chemicals for both consumer and industrial applications.
Headquartered in Dallas, Texas
Manufacturing plants in North America, Europe, and Asia
Employees approximately 8,900 employees
3. Industry Analysis Industry: Industrial + Commodity Chemicals
Uses Natural Resources, i.e. Natural Gas and Oil to Create Chemical Raw Materials
Products often appear as intermediates in “everyday” objects (e.g., paints, adhesives)
Customers are usually large chemical/industrial companies
Competitive pricing, service to customers and reliability of supply are critical components of the basic chemicals businesses marketing strategy
4. Industry and Product Four business segments:
Chemical Products - produces and supplies acetyl products
Technical Polymers Ticona - develops, produces and supplies a portfolio of high performance technical polymers
Acetate Products- produces and supplies acetate tow and acetate flake
Performance Products (Nutrinova) - produces and sells high intensity sweetener and food protection ingredients
5. Products
6. Industry Analysis (cont’d) Industry stock performance
7. Competitors Celanese’s competitors
Direct
BASF AG (BASFY)
LANXESS Aktiengesellschaft (private)
Methanex Corporation (MEOH)
Others
Dow Chemical (DOW)
E.I. duPont de Numour & Company (DD)
8. Competitors (cont’d) Celanese versus competitors
9. Stock Valuation
10. Past Performance IPO Price: 16.00 – Jan. 21, 2005
Annual Growth
05-06: 18.5%
06-07: 31%
07-08: 54%
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13. Technical Analysis
14. Technical Analysis
15. Technical Analysis
16. Strengths Composition of four divisions allows for diversity: Chemical Products, Technical Polymers (Ticona), Acetate Products, and Performance Products (Nutrinova)
Strong Customer base of Industrial Companies
Ticona has a Heavy commitment to R&D, to create new markets and new uses for their products
Chemical Products produces the chemical raw materials (Methyls, Acetyl, Acetyl Derivatives) used by other industries
Acetate products are used by clothing and cigarette industry
Celanese has been closing older plants employing outdated techniques and updating other plants to bring in line with demand
Celanese has opened its largest chemical (Emulsion) complex in Nanjing in September 2007 that employs new techniques
New Vinamul 8868, a modified vinyl acetate emulsion for direct roving applications lowers system costs for manufacturing while maintaining high performance
17. Weaknesses Acetyl Production is dependent on availability of Methanol, which is dependant on the availability of Natural Gas, which is going to be increasing in price
Acetyls and oxo-alcohols are products that have been globally overproduced in the past (1998), leading to decreased profit
Acetate products dependant on availability of Wood Pulp
Acetate product, used for clothing articles, has demand depending on fashion trends
Recently several raw material costs for CE have been rising, leading to numerous price increases in the past month of products such as Formaldehyde, NA Emulsion products, as well as Polyvinyl Alcohol
18. Opportunities Raw materials will always be needed for products
Emerging countries such as India and China have a great need for chemical raw materials
19. Risks Acetyl product price is heavily dependant on natural gas price, of which demand has been increasing for recently, driving the price up.