“We are more than satisfied with the progression of the start-up curve. Based on the production process in the past days and weeks, we have reasonable grounds to believe that this latest generation of Tencel technology will completely fulfill our expectations”, says a confident Lenzing CEO Peter Untersperger.

Tencel is the latest generation of man-made cellulose fibers, and is manufactured in a particularly environmentally-compatible production process awarded the “European Award for the Environment” by the European Union.

The successful start-up of production operations is a technological milestone for Tencel the fiber of the future and for the entire Lenzing Group. Planned production target by the end of 2014 is 30,000 t.