Celanese Corp
11 facilities · 8 states · 18.8M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Celanese Corp is the reported parent of 11 Form R facilities across 8 states, disclosing 18.8M lbs of toxic releases. 16 of 84 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is North Carolina (10.9M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Celanese Corp, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Celanese Corp: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-20.4%
9 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-20.4%
4.2 million lb → 3.3 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 1 facility filed for the first time and 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Celanese Corp's total reported releases fell from 4.2 million lb in 2022 to 3.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Celanese Corp's land releases rose from 107.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 137.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Celanese Corp's off-site transfers fell from 3.4 million lb in 2022 to 2.5 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Celanese Corp's air releases fell from 668.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 602.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Celanese Corp from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Fortron Industries LLC; Celanese Ltd Clear Lake Plant; Ticona Polymers Inc; Celanese Acetate LLC - Celco Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Duke Energy Corp; Perdue Farms Inc; Evergreen Packaging Group. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone; Methanol; Ethylene glycol; Phenol; Cyclohexane. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: North Carolina; Texas; Virginia. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals; Primary Metals; Plastics and Rubber. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Fortron Industries LLC; Celanese Ltd Clear Lake Plant; Ticona Polymers Inc; Celanese Acetate LLC - Celco Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Duke Energy Corp; Perdue Farms Inc; Evergreen Packaging Group. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone; Methanol; Ethylene glycol; Phenol; Cyclohexane. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: North Carolina; Texas; Virginia. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals; Primary Metals; Plastics and Rubber.
Celanese Corp ranks #95 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Celanese Corp spans 8 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Celanese Corp's disclosed pounds are spread across 11 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Celanese Corp follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Duke Energy Corp; Perdue Farms Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Celanese Corp sits among TRI parents
Celanese Corp sits on a disclosure ladder beside Befesa Zinc US Inc. and Duke Energy Corp and Perdue Farms Inc and Evergreen Packaging Group. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Befesa Zinc US Inc. · rank #93 · 43.1M lbs
- Duke Energy Corp · rank #94 · 24.1M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Perdue Farms Inc · rank #96 · 13.3M lbs
- Evergreen Packaging Group · rank #97 · 10.8M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Celanese Corp
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone; Methanol; Ethylene glycol; Phenol; Cyclohexane lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Fortron Industries LLC. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 9.5M lbs |
| Methanol | 1.6M lbs |
| Ethylene glycol | 1.5M lbs |
| Phenol | 1.3M lbs |
| Cyclohexane | 1.0M lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 2 | 10.9M lbs |
| Texas | 3 | 5.9M lbs |
| Virginia | 1 | 1.7M lbs |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 343.3K lbs |
| Indiana | 1 | 41.5K lbs |
| Kentucky | 1 | 7.4K lbs |
| Florida | 1 | 3.7K lbs |
| West Virginia | 1 | 2.6K lbs |
Facilities (11)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Fortron Industries LLC Wilmington, NC | 10.8M lbs |
| Celanese Ltd Clear Lake Plant Pasadena, TX | 3.6M lbs |
| Ticona Polymers Inc Bishop, TX | 1.9M lbs |
| Celanese Acetate LLC - Celco Plant Narrows, VA | 1.7M lbs |
| Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant Bay City, TX | 400.6K lbs |
| Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd. Manati, PR | 343.3K lbs |
| Cna Holdings Llc-Shelby Grover, NC | 57.8K lbs |
| Ticona Polymers Inc Evansville, IN | 41.5K lbs |
| Celanese Engineered Materials Florence, KY | 7.4K lbs |
| Santoprene Production Pensacola LLC Cantonment, FL | 3.7K lbs |
| Celanese Polymer Products LLC Washington, WV | 2.6K lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Celanese Corp on total disclosed release pounds (18.8M lbs) and reporting facility count (11). Release-volume peers include Monomoy Capital Partners LLC, Phillips 66 Co, Ecovyst Inc. Facility-count peers include Ag Processing Inc, American Electric Power, Atlas Roofing Corp. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are North Carolina, Texas, Virginia; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Celanese Corp's TRI parent record
From Celanese Corp, open Fortron Industries LLC or compare against Befesa Zinc US Inc. rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Celanese Corp (Fortron Industries LLC in NC). Largest facility
- Compare against Duke Energy Corp, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Celanese Corp sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Befesa Zinc US Inc., Duke Energy Corp) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Celanese Corp's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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