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INTRODUCTION

 

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The Lenzing Group and its Markets

Per-capita fiber consumption

International average: 9.8 kg/year
USA : 39 kg/year
Western Europe: 22 kg/year
China: 10 kg/year

Source: Lenzing AG


Worldwide fiber consumption:
Nonwovens: +13%
Textile fibers: +12%
Growth market Asia:
Growth rate of nonwovens: +30%
Growth rate of textile fibers: +15%

Production Sites:

Production Site Lenzing, Austria
    The largest integrated pulp and viscose fiber production site worldwide
  Staff: approximately 2,800  
  Capacity: 200,000 tons of fibers per year  
    Plastic products, systems construction and engineering, paper products  
Production Site Purwakarta, Indonesia
    Viscose fiber production
  Staff: approximately 1,500  
  Capacity: 150,000 tons of fibers per year  
Production Site Grimsby, United Kingdom
    Lyocell fibers (TENCEL®)
  Staff: ca. 180  
  Capacity: 40,000 tons of fibers/year  
Production Site Heiligenkreuz, Austria
    Lyocell fibers (TENCEL®)
  Staff: ca.180  
  Capacity: 40,000 tons of fibers/year  
Production Site Mobile, Alabama (USA)
    Lyocell fibers (TENCEL®)
  Staff: ca. 110  
  Capacity: 40,000 tons of fibers/year  
Production Site Nanjing, China
    Under construction
  Staff: ca. 500 (beginning in 2006)  
  Capacity (as of 2006): 60,000 tons of viscose fibers/year  



Markets:

Important consumer market

  Highest per-capita consumption of finished textiles and nonwovens end products
(wiping cloths, tampons, ...)
  Presence of important brands and commercial chains
  Lenzing Plastics: PTFE (dental floss)
Western Europe:

  Focus on innovation and design in the textile industry
  Special fibers for home textiles and lingerie
  Promising core market for nonwovens
  Important consumer market
  Lenzing Technik and Business Unit Paper: core market
  Lenzing Plastics: fabrics and laminates
Sales market China: Booming fiber market

  The world’s most important sales market for Viscose and Modal fibers
  Consumption: approximately 800,000 tons of viscose staple fibers
  40% share in world consumption of chemical fibers
  Emerging market for special fibers
  Important Lenzing Technik projects (1990s: pioneer in China)
Japan:
  Innovative market for special fibers (textile and nonwoven fibers)
  Lenzing Plastics: PTFE (filtration)
Indonesia:
   Largest viscose market for Lenzing
South America:
  Denim market TENCEL®
Korea:
  Innovative market for special fibers



Offices:

Marketing Office
New York
Marketing Office
Derby
Marketing Office
London
Marketing and Sales Office
Lenzing Fibers Shanghai

Logistics
Lenzing Technik Representative Office Beijing
Japan Representative Office, Tokyo
Marketing and Sales Office
Lenzing Fibers Hong Kong
Sales Office
Jakarta, Indonesia

Source: Lenzing AG