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The Lenzing Group: Incident at Lenzing Lyocell (E)

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Production will be Resumed in a Few Weeks
As announced yesterday, a detonation occurred at the Heiligenkreuz
plant at 14.30 hrs. resulting in a fire and considerable damage to
property. The incident led to a standstill in production. From
today's perspective, it can be expected that production will
re-commence in a few weeks. The damage to property is estimated to
amount to EUR 5 to 7 mill. and is covered by insurance.
Thanks to the active support by the regional and in-house emergency
helpers, it was possible to extinguish the fire within about an hour.
Since the alarm system was triggered early, there were only four
persons who suffered minor injuries.
Immediately after the incident, a group of experts was commissioned
to analyze in depth the source and course of the incident. Today,
Thomas Fahnemann, Chairman of the Board of Management, and Franz
Raninger, Member of the Board of Management, went to Heiligenkreuz in
order to obtain a first-hand impression of the situation and to
launch further measures.
At a press-conference, convened at short notice, Thomas Fahnemann
underlined "that we continue to be fully behind the innovative
Lyocell technology and the site at Heiligenkreuz. Of course, the jobs
of the 175 staff members will be maintained. The repair work will
begin immediately."
At present, work is under way to double the capacity of the
Heiligenkreuz plant from 20,000 to 40,000 tons per year. The
detonation did not occur during the normal operation but when
starting up the plant after a scheduled shut-down in the course of
construction work on the second production line. After first
estimates the detonation seems to have occurred on account of a
deficiency in an ancillary system.
end of announcement        euro adhoc 24.09.2003

Further inquiry note:

Angelika Guldt

Branche: Chemicals
ISIN: AT0000644505
WKN: 064450
Index: WBI
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