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Hoechst AG formerly
Meister Lucius & BrĂĽning, Frankfurt a. M. This company built a plant at Lenzing, which went into operation in 1967, for the production of polyester fibers with the brand name Trevira as well as converter and rupture cables made of polyethylene terephthalate according to a licensing process of Farbwerke Hoechst AG. The company was also responsible for the production of polyethylene terephthalate.
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was set up in order to be able to use female concentration camp prisoners. The first women arrived at
Lenzing from Mauthausen on November 3, 1944, and in January 1945, the number peaked at 565 women. The camp was liberated by the 3rd U.S. Army on May 8, 1945, after Paul Le Caër informed the troops of
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In 1962, the company name was changed to
Chemiefaser Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft in view of the planned start of production of synthetic fibers. At that time, the company's holdings included the rayon factory, a cellulose glass factory that had been put into operation in the fall of 1951, and its own
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Lenzing, a sawmill in Schörfling, and a hydroelectric power plant each in Lenzing and Pettighofen. The products were cellulose, paper, groundwood pulp, lumber and
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Lenzing pulp and paper mill, which had been taken over in 1940, was restituted to the previous owners of this company before 1938 (the Bunzl-Konzern Holding AG, Zug/Switzerland), which in turn incorporated it into the restored Lenzinger Zellulose- und Papierfabrik AG. At the same time,
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Lenzing AG was founded in Lenzing by ThĂĽringische Zellwolle AG, Schwarza/Saale, with Austrian industry subscribing to 50% of the share capital. At the beginning of July, construction of a new rayon factory was started in Lenzing. Production started in September 1939. The general
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and filament yarn, which are used in the textile industry — in clothing, home textiles and technical textiles — as well as in the nonwovens industry. In addition, the company is active in mechanical and plant engineering. The
Lenzing Group markets its products under the brand names TENCEL, VEOCEL,
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Lenzing, with 90.15% of voting rights, is B & C Industrieholding GmbH along with its subsidiaries. As of 2007, the corporate group has an annual production of over 500,000 tons of fibers, over 27,000 tons of plastics, and over 80,000 tons of paper. The paper division was sold out in 2008.
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Zellwolle Lenzing AG. Appropriate agreements were made to take account of the many economic interconnections that continued to exist between the social and the separated production sites.
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power plant. In 1964, an agreement was concluded with Courtaulds Limited, London, providing for close cooperation in the field of research, processes and production for viscose fibers. In 1965, the construction of a plant for
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