Celanese Corporation (NYSE:CE) has announced plans to build a compounding facility for its "Fortron" polyphenylene sulphur (PPS) compounds at the group's integrated production complex in Nanjing / China. Phil McDivitt, vice president and general manager of the engineered materials business (formerly Ticona), said the expansion – for which capacity was not disclosed – is in response to "impressive growth" in demand in China and the broader Asian region. Celanese Corporation (NYSE:CE)'s stock on Apr 24, 2014 reported a decrease of -0.65% to the closing price of $59.20. Its fifty two weeks range is $43.57 -$61.82. The total market capitalization recorded $9.23billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 860.2K shares. In its share capital, CE has 155.93million outstanding shares.