Celanese Corporation gets a lot of good ink about its acetates. The global technology and specialty materials company's primary operations include the manufacture of building block chemicals like acetic acid and vinyl acetate monomers. Those chemicals are used in everything from inks and paints to agricultural products and chewing gum. Canadian subsidiary Acetex, the majority of whose sales come from Europe, is the world's largest acetyls manufacturer. Other products include acetate tow (in cigarette filters) which accounted for 14% of the company's total sales in 2015; industrial specialties like ethylene vinyl acetate; and engineered plastics.