Chemical and specialty materials company Celanese Corp. confirmed last week that the force majeure declared for acetic acid and vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) sold in the Western Hemisphere has ended and the underlying supply chain conditions behind the declaration have stabilized. The company announced the force majeure in June of this year due to issues with raw materials suppliers. 

"We were pleased to be able to meet the product needs of virtually all of our contracted customers during this challenging period by relying on our integrated and flexible supply chain model," said Mark Murray, senior vice president of the Acetyl Chain. "Celanese is committed to continuing to work closely with all of our critical raw material suppliers to mitigate the risk of similar events arising in the future. "