Lenzing Inaugurates Nanjing Viscose Fiber Plant

Austria-based Lenzing AG recently held inauguration ceremonies at its new viscose fiber production plant in Nanjing, China. Doing business as Lenzing (Nanjing) Fibers Co. Ltd., the plant is a joint venture between Lenzing, which owns 70 percent of the venture, and Nanjing Chemical Fibre Co. Ltd. (NCFC), which owns 30 percent. The facility was constructed over a period of less than two years, and had been conducting trial operations for several months prior to the inauguration.

With an annual production capacity of 60,000 tons of viscose fiber for textile and nonwovens applications and the potential for tripling that capacity, and a workforce of 540 people, Lenzing Nanjing - Lenzing's sixth cellulose fiber plant globally and its second in Asia - represents a 65 million-euro investment and increases the company's global capacity to 560,000 tons. The Lenzing Group's systems engineering subsidiary, Lenzing Technik, provided technology for the facility, which the company reports is one of the most modern plants of its kind in Asia.

"Lenzing Nanjing is a central element of our strategy of expansion and globalization," said Thomas Fahnemann, chairman of Lenzing's Management Board. "For us, China is one of the key markets of the future. With our new fiber production plant, we want to give a clear signal to our customers in China: Our strategy is long-term."

November/December 2007

 

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