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Lenzing gets USDA certificate of approval

Lenzing has been awarded the bio based certificate for its manufacture of acetic acid, furfural and magnesium lignosulfonate by the US Department of Agriculture. These three products are derived totally from wood, a natural and renewable raw material.

Lenzing, known for its high ecological standards, produces dissolving pulp at its sites in Austria and the Czech Republic. All the valuable raw materials are extracted from the wood within the framework of a cascading use. Acetic acid is derived from beech wood in the pulp production process, is recovered in several process steps and processed into high quality, food-grade acetic acid, for example, for the food industry. Furfural is a product utilized as a solvent in the refining of lubrication oil, to name one example. Magnesium lignosulfonate is found in animal food or fertilizers.

The certification of bio based products is part of the bio preferred program implemented by the USDA. It is designed to motivate government institutions and companies to purchase bio based products or those which largely consist of biological materials.

Tencel fibers have already been certified as bio based since 2011. Lenzing supplies textile and nonwoven industries with high-quality botanic cellulose fibers, ranging from dissolving wood pulp to standard specialty cellulose fibers.

 
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