# Lenzing to build 90,000-ton lyocell fiber plant in Alabama

Lenzing AG approved a €275 million investment to build a state-of-the-art lyocell fiber plant in Mobile, Alabama, with a capacity of 90,000 tons per year. Operations are scheduled to start in Q1 2019.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2016-12-13
- Where: Mobile, Alabama, United States
- Value: $293.0M (275.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: Q1 2019
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 90,000 tons per year
- Products: lyocell fiber, TENCEL fiber
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Lenzing AG](https://endata.com/companies/20683.md)

## Sources

- [lenzing.com](https://www.lenzing.com/newsroom/news-events/lenzing-invests-in-new-lyocell-fiber-plant-in-the-usa/), 2016-12-13: "This investment represents another major milestone in the implementation of our corporate strategy sCore TEN."
- [doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1021/cen-09449-buscon005), 2016-12-19: "Lenzing, an Austrian maker of cellulosic fibers, plans to spend almost $300 million to build a plant in Mobile, Ala., for its Tencel brand fiber."

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