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Lenzing to invest one billion dollars in new production facilities


Lenzing to invest one billion dollars in new production facilities

Austrian fibre production company Lenzing has announced plans to invest
more than one billion euros in new lyocell production facilities, with the
first expansion phase seeing the company build the world’s largest lyocell
fiber plant in Thailand.

Construction on the state-of-the art production plant in Prachinburi,
Thailand, will start in Autumn, while production is set to start towards
the end of 2021, the company said. When it is up and running, the facility
will have a production capacity of 100,000 tonnes annually.

“Tencel lyocell fibers are considered a benchmark in ecologically
responsible fibers. This expansion underscores Lenzing’s commitment to
improve the ecological footprint of the global textile industry,” Stefan
Doboczky, chief executive officer of the Lenzing Group, said in a
statement. “This investment in Thailand represents the next consistent step
in the implementation of our sCore TEN strategy and will help to further
transform Lenzing into a specialty fibers company.”

Lenzing has made a name for itself as a sustainable-headed company. Last
week it announced its target of becoming carbon-neutral by 2050, while
in May, it announced it would be using blockchain technology to ensure
transparency across its supply chain.

Photo credit: Lenzing Newsroom



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