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Heiligenkreuz: Capacity Doubled as New Lyocell Fiber Production Line Goes into Operation
03.02.2004
On Wednesday, 28 January, when the second production line at the Heiligenkreuz plant went into operation, the production capacity for Lyocell fibers was doubled to its present output of 40,000 tons p.a. (investment: about EUR 36 mill.).
Intensive pre-marketing measures were launched to prepare the market for taking up the additional quantities. Within the next two years, the plant will successively expand its production to full capacity.
In the course of increasing production, the staff level has already been increased to 175, and it is planned to raise it to 180. Altogether, 30 new jobs are being created by the capacity expansion.
Lyocell fibers are used for high-quality textile applications (clothing, home textiles), as well as by the nonwovens industry for hygiene and medical applications. It is being sold on all important sales markets throughout the world.
The Lenzing Group
For years, the Lenzing Group, with its headquarters at Lenzing in Upper Austria, has set standards in quality and innovativeness in the field of man-made cellulose fibers. The fibers (Viscose, Modal and Lyocell), made of wood, a renewable primary material, are used both by the textile industry – for fashion applications, as home textiles as well as technical textiles - and the so-called nonwovens industry (e.g. fleece materials for hygiene, medical and cosmetic applications).
In addition, the Group also operates in the engineering and systems construction sector, and as plastics and paper manufacturer.
Figures 2002:
Sales: EUR 626 mill.
Export share: about 80%
Production: 366,000 t of fibers
Staff: 3,365
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