- "Courtaulds makes some pretty dull stuff".
- Tencel: "In the next 5 years its going to explode".
- 1995 prices: Polyester 70c, cotton 80c., rayon 95c., Tencel 180c.
- Courtaulds expects Tencel sales to reach $5bn/year.
- Regarding the foray into fashion: "I'm not sure I understand this...I'm a chemical engineer" (Gordon Campbell)
- Burlington/Klopman: "Fabric requires slow and costly manufacturing". "It will be a challenge for Courtaulds to meet forecasts"
- Lenzing, who are suing Courtaulds for patent infringement in New York, thinks the fibre "will remain a high priced niche of under 100,000 tonnes".
- Levi's: "This fabric has some definite potential"
The development of Tencel fibre by Courtaulds from the 1979 Genesis project through Courtaulds exodus from fibres and the 2004 Lenzing take-over.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Can Tencel take on Rayon? (1995)
This Wall St Journal article is hardly legible in scanned form below, but it contains some quotes worth preserving:
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