Celanese and U.S. Department of Energy Hold Summit at Bishop, Texas Facility to Train Future Energy Leaders
Thu, March 9 2017
DALLAS & BISHOP, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a global technology and specialty
materials company, and representatives of the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) recently held an energy summit at the company’s Bishop, Texas
chemical and specialty materials manufacturing facility to train energy
leaders for the future.
“A key objective of Celanese is to drive energy efficiency and cost
reduction at its plants worldwide,” said Pat Quarles, Celanese Executive
Vice President and President, Acetyl Chain and Integrated Supply Chain.
“One way to attain such benefits is to engage and train the operations
organization on our energy reduction goals, methods and practices. This
joint energy summit provided opportunities for Celanese personnel and
DOE experts to collaborate in our energy efficiency efforts.”
In line with the company’s energy reduction goals, Celanese has become a
partner in the Better Buildings, Better Plants Challenge of the U.S.
Department of Energy. This partnership extended to the joint summit in
Bishop where Celanese and the DOE could network, learn and train on best
practices with key company energy leaders, with the goal of developing
executable ideas, tools and actions that can be used to drive energy
reduction and energy management.
The Better Buildings, Better Plants Program of the DOE is a voluntary
initiative to drive significant energy efficiency improvement in
industry. Currently, 190 leading U.S. manufacturers and public water-
and wastewater treatment utilities are partnering with DOE through
Better Plants to enhance energy efficiency and cut costs (https://betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov/better-plants).
“Celanese was honored to host the DOE at our Global Energy Summit
and bring together more than 30 energy leaders and engineers from across
the company to the Bishop facility, one of our ENERGY STAR® Challenge
for Industry manufacturing sites,” concluded Quarles.
Dr. Mark Johnson, Director of the Advanced Manufacturing Office of the
Department of Energy, presented at the energy summit and shared work
being done by the DOE in advanced manufacturing research, development
and technical assistance.
“The energy summit was an example of great partnerships the Advanced
Manufacturing Office has established with U.S. private sector
manufacturers through the Better Plants program. These U.S.
manufacturers are working to address important, real-world challenges of
achieving energy efficiency while saving their energy bills that they
then use to grow their companies and support jobs,” said Johnson.
The Celanese energy summit consisted of two days of steam systems
training from industry experts, followed by three days of instructional
workshops on topics such as the future of energy (technology,
regulation, procurement) and its effects on manufacturing sites and
industry, energy management systems, energy reduction strategies, best
practices and expanding energy partnerships with groups such as ENERGY
STAR® and the DOE.
About Celanese
Celanese Corporation is a global technology leader in the production
of differentiated chemistry solutions and specialty materials used in
most major industries and consumer applications. Our two complementary
business cores, Acetyl Chain and Materials Solutions, use the full
breadth of Celanese's global chemistry, technology and business
expertise to create value for our customers and the corporation. As we
partner with our customers to solve their most critical business needs,
we strive to make a positive impact on our communities and the world
through The Celanese Foundation. Based in Dallas, Celanese employs
approximately 7,300 employees worldwide and had 2016 net
sales of $5.4 billion. For more information about Celanese Corporation
and its product offerings, visit www.celanese.com or
our blog at www.celaneseblog.com.
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