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The core business of the Lenzing Group is fibers. What are your other fields of activity?
What are man-made cellulose fibers?
What are Lenzing fibers made of?
What is the importance of Lenzing for forestry?
What are "nonwovens"?
What is "integrated production“?
What are Lenzing's main fiber markets?
Who owns Lenzing?
Where are Lenzing shares traded?
What is TENCEL® (Lyocell)?
What is Modal?
What is Viscose?
Does Lenzing produce T-shirts or other garments and fabrics?
Why does a fiber company have business units such as Plastics and Engineering?
Is Lenzing an environmentally & socially aware company?
The core business of the Lenzig Group of is fibers. What are your other fields of activity?
- Textile and nonwovens fibers make up 85.9 %,
- Engineering (only external) 2.3 %,
- Plastics 11.7 %
Source: Annual Report 2009
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What are man-made cellulose fibers?
These are industrially produced fibers made form natural (for example wood) raw materials.
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What are Lenzing fibers made of?
Lenzing fibers are made from 100% cellulose. Cellulose for fiber production at Lenzing is produced on site - primarily from beech wood. All other fiber producers of the Group receive their raw material from the full subsidiary Pulp Trading GmbH which in turn buys pulp made from eucalyptus, pine and other trees from several suppliers.
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What is the importance of Lenzing for forestry
About 1,000,000 solid cubic meters are delivered to Lenzing annually. The half of these originate in Austria, the remainder is imported from adjacent countries, such as Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Germany or Hungary. The wood is obtained exclusively from forests which are managed along the sustainabily regulations detailed in forestry legislation. Lenzing AG (location Austria) processes 95% of the native beech wood that accumulates during thinning (pre-utilization) and final utilization.
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Nonwovens are materials that are "not woven". Fleece fiber materials like these are used in sensitive areas, such as hygiene, medicine and cosmetics.
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The complete production chain, from wood processing to fiber production, is concentrated in one location. The location Lenzing is the world's largest integrated pulp and viscose fiber production.
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Source: Annual Report 2009
Who owns Lenzing?
B & C Industrieholding GmbH, Vienna, jointly with its full subsidiary B & C Lenzing Holding GmbH, is the majority shareholder with a total of 90.15 % of voting rights. It considers itself a key shareholder of Lenzing AG with a long-term perspective.
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Where are Lenzing shares traded ?
Standard Market Continuous Vienna Stock Exchange
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What is TENCEL® (Lyocell)?
Tencel is a fiber produced with the lyocell process. The lyocell process dissolves pure wood-derived cellulose and directly reconverts the cellulose solution into fiber form. The auxiliary solvent is highly water soluble and can easily be removed form the fiber. It is environmentally sound, biodegradable and 99% recyclable.
Lenzing markets its Lyocall fibers as TENCEL®.
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Modal is a cellulose fiber speciality distinguished by its particular softness. It is preferably used for high quality clothing. The fiber has enhanced user properties (strength, dimensional stability and others).
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Viscose is regenerated cellulose fiber produced with the viscose process. Natural cellulose is dissolved as a chemical derivative which is then regenerated, that means it is reconverted to cellulose during spinning.
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No, the Lenzing Group produces fibers. Spinners use these to produce yarn, which in turn is used to weave and knit fabrics. These fabrics are then used to produce clothes and other textile applications.
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Why does a fiber company have business units such as Plastics and Engineering?
The reasons are historical. The business unit Plastics was created because fiber bales required plastic wrapping. Lenzing Technik was created from the core sector viscose technology. The historical business units have continued to develop into new product areas and markets.
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Is Lenzing an environmentally & socially aware company?
The principles of sustainability (see Sustainability in the Lenzing Group) were incorporated into our company at an early stage.
Lenzing views sustainability not just as a strategy for the short-term safeguarding of its interests, but as a long-term process with ecological, social and economic dimensions.
Utilization of the renewable resource wood, environmentally sound processes in production, economic effective productivity and job creation make Lenzing an exemplary sustainability company.
Its high environmental standards make the Lenzing Group a global forerunner in the cellulose and Viscose fiber industry.
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