Special materials company Celanese announced that in order to support its engineering materials business, especially the rapid growth of the electric vehicle market, its Nanjing production base established a new GUR ® ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (uhmw-pe) production line.　
　　It is estimated that by 2019, GUR ® UHMW-PE capacity in the new production line of Celanese Nanjing production base will be increased by about 15000 tons.
　　In addition to packaging materials in sheet metal, profile and filter market’s demand for GUR, Celanese Corporation also find the growth prospects of the GUR market. in the field of lithium battery separator for electric vehicle. Annual demand growth will reach 20% to 30%, and most processing firms are located in China.