the challenge of sustainability

Alsico Academy

A plus A

Radius: 6.371 km

Age: 4,54 Billion Years

Inhabitants: 7,046 Billion

Alexander Gstettner, Enduse Market Manager, Lenzing AG, Austria

Brundtland Commission of the United Nations on March

20, 1987:

“sustainable development is development that meets the

needs of the present without compromising the ability of

future generations to meet their own needs”

The word sustainability is derived from the Latin

sustinere (tenere, to hold; sus, up).

Timber Wood Chips Pulp Fiber

Sustainable, renewable unlimited raw material

Cellulose is the most important construction material of nature

Cellulose growth approximately 40 Million Tons/Year

0,3% of all cellulose used for Pulp Industry

Fiber Pulp has different quality compared to paper pulp

Fiber raw material wood

INHERENT TREATED HYBRID

“A specific property, existing

in something as a permanent

and inseparable element,

quality, or attribute”

“A textile material

constructed with inherent FR

and non-FR yarns in system

combination (e.g. warp and

weft)”

“A textile material that has a

chemical topical finishing,

that makes the textile more

resistant to flame”

•Inherently permanent FR •Permanent FR •Topically treated

•Non-permanent

•Changing textile properties, durability,

hand,…

Fabric Yarn Fabric Yarn Fabric Yarn

Flame resistant solutions

Synthetic FR Fibers

Acreage for one ton of fiber

Waterconsumption for one ton of fiber

Global Warmingindex for one ton of fiber

CO² CO² CO² CO²

Cotton

Conclusion

Customers are

demanding

Best performance

less impact on

nature ≠

Keeping a

constant

challenge for

textile industry

Lenzing fibers are

not only the most

sustainable

solution…

… but also the

most comfortable

and protective!