Construct two new VAE reactors in Nanjing and Frankfurt
Not delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 22 Jul 2021
- Due
- 31 Dec 2023
- Checked
- 20 Oct 2026
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“Global VAE Expansions (P,G,S) (2023): We are constructing two new VAE reactors at our Nanjing, China and Frankfurt, Germany facilities”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
The company did not complete both VAE reactor expansions by the end of 2023; the Nanjing unit was commissioned in 2024, and the Frankfurt unit is scheduled for completion in 2025.
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A Celanese 10-Q filed 2024-05-10
“our vinyl acetate ethylene ("VAE") emulsions unit in Nanjing, China was successfully commissioned in the first quarter of 2024” ✓ confirmed on the page
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A Celanese 10-K filed 2025-02-21
“our planned expansion of our vinyl acetate ethylene ("VAE") emulsion plant in Frankfurt, Germany is in construction and on schedule for start-up in the second half of 2025.” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved -1.7% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (9 May 2024 to 14 May 2024). What this measures
Checked 20 Oct 2026.
Commitment DNA
The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.
- Event type
- Facility other
- Indicative materiality
- Medium rules
- Action
- Construct
- Deliverable
- Two new VAE reactors
- Where
- Nanjing, China and Frankfurt, Germany
- In the company’s control
- High
- Specificity
- High
How this entry was checked
- Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
- First checkAn AI model, Gemini (Google), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
- Second check: agreesA different AI model, Claude (Anthropic), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.
- Third check on a negative finding: agreesBecause a negative finding could harm a company if wrong, a stronger model re-read the evidence fully blind and reached the same answer.
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