Lenzing Invests €100mn In Indonesian Plant To Produce VSF
Austrian manufacturer of cellulose fibres, Lenzing has made significant technical improvements to its PT. South Pacific Viscose, Purwakarta plant.
Lenzing has invested more than €100 million since 2021 to convert existing production capacity to specialty viscose.
“With the imminent completion of the investment, Lenzing is in a better position to serve the strongly growing demand for specialty fibres,” the company said in a press release.
According to Lenzing, it is striving for certification according to the standard of the internationally recognised EU Ecolabel.
The product portfolio would thus include Lenzing Ecovero branded fibres for textiles and Veocel branded fibres for nonwoven applications.
In the course of these substantial investments, Lenzing has set the goal of significantly reducing emissions at the site.
The site started to obtain renewable grid electricity and promotes a changeover to biomass in line with reducing carbon emissions per ton of product by 50 percent by 2030 and achieving carbon-neutral production by 2050.
“Demand for specialty fibres with low environmental impacts continues to grow structurally. We see enormous growth potential in Asia in particular,” Stephan Sielaff, CEO at Lenzing said.
“Through our investments in Indonesia and also at other Lenzing sites worldwide, we are in a better position to serve this growing demand,” Sielaff added.
“At the same time, we continue working tirelessly to make the industries in which we operate, even more sustainable and to drive the transformation of the textile business model from linear to circular,” he stated.
