All Lenzing articles
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ArticleLenzing, Recyc Leather launch Pélinova with Ganni’s Slouchy Boots
Lenzing, an Austrian producer of wood-based specialty fibers, has partnered with Recyc Leather, a leather alternative expert, to introduce Pélinova, an innovative material that fuses Lenzing’s Tencel Lyocell fibers and recycled leather fibers for high-end fashion applications. The duo joined forces with the Danish brand Ganni to bring the material ...
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Lenzing to axe 500 jobs
Lenzing plans to reduce global personnel costs by up to €30 million, or the equivalent of around 500 full-time jobs, by not filling positions that fall vacant due to retirements and natural attrition, as well as by job cuts. The move is part of a larger plan to achieve €100 ...
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ArticleCoats Footwear joins forces with Lenzing
Coats Footwear has entered a collaboration with the Austrian-based Lenzing Group to create the footwear industry’s first synthetic-free engineered uppers and fabrics. The companies have combined Coats Footwear’s ProWeave technology with Lenzing’s Tencel Lyocell Filament to create a “dynamic re-imagined footwear uppers and fabrics, which combine sustainability and performance ...
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News briefsLenzing opens world’s largest Lyocell plant in Thailand
Lenzing has announced the completion of its €400 million Lyocell expansion project in Thailand. The new plant, which is described by the company as the largest of its kind in the world, has a nameplate capacity of 100,000 tons per year. Construction work started in the second half of 2019 ...
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Lenzing to use carbon-zero Tencel fibers for Refibra
Celebrating the first anniversary of the launch of carbon-zero Tencel branded fibers, the Austrian Lenzing Group announced the expansion of carbon-zero Tencel branded fibers to Refibra technology to address growing industry demand to achieve circular fashion and carbon neutrality. The first carbon-zero Tencel branded Lyocell and Modal fibers have continued ...
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Lenzing CEO steps down
The supervisory board of Austrian specialty fiber producer Lenzing has reached an agreement with long-time CEO Stefan Doboczky to terminate his contract by mutual consent. Doboczky has informed the board that he is not available for a further extension of his contract and that he will resign as of Sept. ...
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Lenzing and Orange Fiber cooperate on new lyocell fiber made from orange pulp
Lenzing and Orange Fiber , an Italian company that has patented the pulp production process for citrus by-products, have unveiled the first Tencel brand lyocell fiber made from orange pulp and wood sources. With this new product, the companies aim to improve sustainability in the textile and ...
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ArticleTencel launches e-commerce platform
The Lenzing group’s Tencel textile brand has launched the Tencel eShop. This first e-commerce site from a sustainable fiber manufacturer “bridges the divide between manufacturers and the end-consumer by curating a diverse mix of apparel and home goods made of Tencel branded fibers,“ the company said. The debut ...
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News briefsLenzing unveils plans for major solar energy project in Austria
Lenzing, the producer of Tencel fibers , has unveiled plans for a photovoltaic plant in Austria on around 55,000 square meters, set to become the largest ground-mounted photovoltaic plant in Upper Austria. With approximately 16,000 modules, the plant will generate nearly 5,500 megawatt-hours per year, which corresponds ...
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ArticleLenzing, Covestro help spearhead Renewable Carbon Initiative
Materials producers Lenzing and Covestro are among 11 companies from six countries that recently joined forces to launch the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI). The initiative, under the leadership of German research institute nova-Institute , aims to phase out the use of fossil fuels for all organic chemicals ...
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News briefsNew Tencel fibers receive CarbonNeutral certification
Under the Tencel brand, the Austrian firm Lenzing is releasing Lyocell and Modal fibers that have received CarbonNeutral certification. In other words, they comply with the carbon-neutral protocol set up – originally in 2002 – by Natural Capital Partners . In Lenzing’s summation, “the emissions associated with ...
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Camper in collaboration with Tencel for sustainable collection
Camper has joined forces with Tencel , a brand of the Austrian chemical group Lenzing , to produce a shoe collection using sustainable Lyocell fibers. The Spanish-based company has redesigned its Right and Upright boot and bootie to include Lyocell fibres derived from sustainably-grown wood sources. For the collection, ...
