Lenzing AG, a producer of specialty fibres from renewable materials, and Palmers Textil AG, a retail company, have together found a new company “Hygiene Austria LP GmbH”, in which Lenzing holds 50.1 per cent and Palmers Textil 49.9 per cent. The new company will start producing and selling protective masks for the domestic and European markets from May 2020.
Over the past few weeks, Lenzing and Palmers Textil have invested several million euros in a modern production infrastructure at the Wiener Neudorf location and secured the corresponding raw materials for protective masks production. In a first step, the company produces so-called mouth-nose protective masks (MNS) and surgical protective masks of class EN14683. Hygiene Austria LP GmbH plans to increase its capacities to over 25 million masks per month over the next few weeks and to expand this business geographically as well.
“We decided to pool our knowledge, network and experience in a competence centre for hygiene together with our partner Palmers. The aim of this joint venture is to provide the citizens of Austria and Europe with the best possible protection through locally manufactured, high-quality products,” Stefan Doboczky, CEO of Lenzing AG, said in a press release.
