Lenzing AG
History
| Year | Detail |
|---|---|
| 1890 | Emil Hamburger, a paper industrialist from Lower Austria, acquired the "Starlingermühle" in Lenzing (Austria) and founded the company. |
| 1975 | The company established the first environmental department at the Lenzing site (Austria). |
| 1984 | The company changed its name from "Chemiefaser Lenzing" to "Lenzing AG" in 1984. |
| 2004 | The company established two new production sites in Mobile, Alabama (U.S.) and Grimsby (U.K.). |
| 2007 | The company established the first viscose fiber plant in Nanjing (China), where fibers primarily for the Asian market are produced. |
| 2010 | The company acquired the Czech pulp plant Biocel Paskov, which, in subsequent years, switched from paper to dissolving pulp. |
| 2017 | The company launched the LENZING ECOVERO brand, which consists of environmentally compatible viscose fibers. |
| 2019 | The company opened an innovation center in Indonesia (Lenzing Center of Excellence). |
| 2022 | The company opened the world's largest lyocell fiber production plant in Prachinburi (Thailand). |
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