This should have won a prize for getting things wrong. I think Textile Horizons was then a free magazine for members of the Textile Institute. Worth every penny!
In June 1992
Courtaulds, USA, opened a $8m factory for the production of its new cellulosic
fibre Tencel which uses elements of both the company's viscose and acetate
processing cycles. Following an evaluation of the parameters of fibre
performance, high safety potential, environmental compatibility and process
technology, a specific solvent-spun process was developed for the construction
of Tencel. Over the years that process underwent many refinements before the
company could enter into commercial production of Tencel. Initial problems
encountered included the degradation of the cellulose in solution during
spinning and degradation of the solvent itself. In 1990 after years of trial
and error the team commissioned with the development of Tencel did finally
emerge with a high quality, consistent and reliable cellulosic fibre.
Particular details of the process technology and equipment used for the
construction of the new fibre have yet not been made available.
Anon., Text. Horiz. Int., vol. 12, no. 10, Oct. 1992, pp 75-77
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