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Lenzing AG / Two champions of post-consumer textile recycling joining forces

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Together, Lenzing and Södra take a giant leap further towards closing the loop
from fiber to fiber in fashion.

Joint Ventures/Cooperation/Collaboration

Lenzing/Växjö - Lenzing, a leading global supplier of wood-based specialty
fibers, and Södra, a world-class producer of pulp, signed a cooperation
agreement today, June 02, 2021, with the clear objective of making a decisive
contribution to addressing the enormous textile waste challenges of the industry
and the society. The cooperation involves the transfer of knowledge between the
two companies, which have been proactively driving the circular economy issue
for many years, and a joint process development followed by a capacity expansion
for pulp from post-consumer waste. The goal is to process 25,000 tons of textile
waste per year by 2025.

The fashion industry is one of the major polluting industries in the world.
Millions of tons of textile waste are created each and every year, most of it
ends up in landfills. In the spirit of the circular economy transition, both
Lenzing and Södra have independently addressed the issue and developed
appropriate solution options so far. Both companies are experts in their
respective fields with many years of large-scale industrial experience.

Together, they give textile recycling a huge boost by developing technologies
further towards a broader, industrial-scale use of post-consumer cellulosic
waste. The jointly developed pulp OnceMore® will subsequently also be used as a
raw material for the production of Lenzing's TENCEL(TM) x REFIBRA(TM) branded
specialty fibers.

"The cooperation with Södra is a major milestone towards achieving our ambitious
climate and sustainability goals. We are proud to be able to go this way with a
competent partner. One company alone cannot solve the pressing issue of textile
waste. It is proactive partnerships like this that enable us to move forward and
bring about real systemic change", says Christian Skilich, Member of the
Managing Board of Lenzing.

"With OnceMore® pulp, Södra has created a globally unique solution to base
textile on a recycled source. By joining forces with Lenzing, we now taking the
next step on our journey and will bring world-class recycling to the textile