Construction in Schörfling and Lenzing is scheduled to start early next year, with completion planned for the first half of 2025.
Evonik CEO Christian Kullmann announced these latest expansion plans at the recent official opening of a new hollow fiber spinning facility in Schörfling which started operating at the beginning of this year.
"We are going full throttle for the green transformation and are investing a mid-double-digit million euro amount as the next step to grow our membranes business," said Kullmann.
"The dynamic development of the membrane business shows that the green transformation is underway and that we are playing a key role in it."
At the heart of Evonik's Sepuran membrane technology are fine hollow fibers based on a high-performance plastic that can withstand extreme pressure and temperature loads. The upcoming capacity expansion includes construction of an additional plant for spinning hollow fibers and the expansion of the infrastructure necessary for producing membrane modules at the Schörfling site. The neighboring site in Lenzing will expand production of the required raw material (high-performance plastic).
The planned production expansion for Sepuran membranes will create around 50 new jobs in Lenzing and Schörfling.
