Lenzing Group Expands in Indonesia

Businessn.a. ♦ Published: November 6, 2012; 11:09 ♦ (Vindobona)

Successful start of the fifth line at Indonesian subsidiary SPV. PT. South Pacific Viscose (SPV) is now the world’s largest viscose fiber plant.

Lenzing Group Expands in Indonesia / Picture: © Lenzing

In late October, trial operations of the fifth production line started successfully at Lenzing’s Indonesian subsidiary PT. South Pacific Viscose. With an additional nominal capacity of 80,000 tons of viscose fibers p.a., the annual total capacity of SPV will increase to 320,000 tons once Line 5 has been launched. SPV will thus exceed the capacity of the parent plant in…