Our Consumer Specialties segment includes our Cellulose Acetate Products and Nutrinova businesses and represents 17% ($1,111 million) of Celanese’s total net sales. As specialty derivatives of acetyls, Consumer Specialties businesses have similar consumer and end-use dynamics.

Our Acetate Products segment is one of the world’s largest producers of acetate tow, used primarily to make filter products. We build on our global acetate business with the acquisition of the acetate flake, tow and film business of Acetate Products Limited completed in early 2007.This acquisition improved the global footprint of our Acetate business and provide future integration opportunities, particularly in Europe.

We will continue to safeguard our leading global position and cost leadership by expanding our joint ventures in the growth region of China, as well as continuing to bring value and provide competitive advantages for our multi-national customers.

A leading international supplier of specialty ingredients for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries, Nutrinova produces and markets the high intensity sweetener Sunett® (Acesulfame K) and is one of the world’s largest producers of sorbates used in food preservatives. An excellent blending agent, Sunett® has become a key ingredient in the growth of zero/low calorie food and beverages with several large, multi-national producers.