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September 11, 2004 -- Florence, Kentucky; Kelsterbach, Germany,-- Jobwerx News -- Ticona, the engineering polymers business of Celanese AG, has appointed Michael Oberste-Wilms as European Sales Director. The previous Sales Director Gregor Bommel takes over global responsibility for the Topas ® COC business line, effective September 1, 2004. Anthony O’Driscoll became Americas Sales Director, effective August 19, 2004. Michael Oberste-Wilms started working for Hoechst AG in 1986 and has held various roles at Ticona in the US, Great Britain and Japan. He was responsible for Investor Relations at Celanese AG for the past three years. Oberste-Wilms reports to Jürgen Kulpe, Business Director (Europe).

Gregor Bommel takes over from Miguel Mantas, who was previously appointed head of the Polyols & Olefin Derivatives product line at Celanese Chemicals. Bommel reports to Thomas Hensel, Vice President Global Demand. Anthony (Tony) O’Driscoll joined Ticona from Ciba Specialty Chemicals, where he held positions as director of sales and marketing for Plastic Additives in the NAFTA region, and global segment head for Additives for Specialty Polymers in Basel, Switzerland. He reports to Bob Engle, Business Director (Americas), and is located at Ticona’s Auburn Hills, Michigan facility.

About Topas ® COC

In addition to strength, stiffness, heat resistance and excellent dimensional stability, Topas ® cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) possesses high clarity, transparency, and low moisture absorption. Topas ® COC is used in a wide range of applications, including pharmaceutical blister packaging, pre-filled syringes, injection-molded precision optics, toner binder resins for color laser printers, medical and laboratory containers, and packaging films.

About Ticona and Celanese

Ticona, the technical polymers business of Celanese AG, Kronberg, Germany, produces and markets a broad range of engineering polymers and achieved sales of € 675 million in 2003. Ticona has approximately 2,000 employees at production, compounding and research facilities in the USA, Germany and Brazil.

Celanese AG is a global chemicals company with leading positions in its key products and world class process technology. The Celanese portfolio consists of four main businesses: Chemical Products, Acetate Products, Technical Polymers Ticona, and Performance Products. The Performance Products business consists of Nutrinova sweeteners and food ingredients. Celanese generated sales of around € 4.1 billion in 2003 and has about 9,500 employees. The company has 24 production plants and six research centers in 10 countries mainly in North America, Europe and Asia.

For further information about Ticona and Celanese, please visit their websites: ticona.com and celanese.com

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