Tencel and Lenzing

Tencel facts

·         Tencel is the trademark name for Lyocell, though the fibre most commonly known under the name Tencel.

·         It is a man-made cellulose fibre that is derived from wood pulp sourced from sustainable farms. The wood used is from eucalyptus trees grown in South Africa.

·         The fabric is 100% biodegradable.

·         Tencel has antibacterial properties therefore it is extremely kind to the skin.

·         Extremely colour fast fabric, retains colour very well after dying.

·         99.8% of the chemicals used to create Tencel are recovered and are used over and over again- no harm to the environment.

 

This video gives a brief insight to the manufacturing process and the story of Tencel….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=W_oq6I_7Khg

Lenzing

·         Lenzing are the company that produce Tencel.

·         Lenzing are a passionate company as shown in this video. They are aware of the environmental impact they have when creating Tencel and are therefore constantly challenging their processes.

·         The negatives for the company are that they are using some fossil fuels during production but they have already started challenging this in one of their factories. As long as the company keep challenging their processes until they have a completely harm free way of producing the fabric, Tencel will become a completely sustainable fabric with strong ethical positives.

·         Will this fabric be able to compete with other sustainable fabrics? The fabric has many positive attributes and aesthetics, the only down side is that the plant takes longer to grow that other sustainable fabrics like Bamboo, therefore it may not be able to keep up with production rates.