At the location Lenzing in Austria high performance polyimide products with the brand name P84® are manufactured. Evonik Fibres is the world’s only commercial producer of thermostable and non-flammable polyimide fibres. The core business is environmental protection, especially the dedusting of gases emitted by coal fired boilers, municipal waste incinerators and cement plants.
Besides the P84® fibres produced in Austria, PPS PROCON® fibres manufactured by the Japanese company Toyobo are exclusively distributed by Evonik Fibres and sold into the same applications .
P84 fibres are also used in a variety of other applications such as protective clothing for fire fighters, for thermal insulation and for sealing applications in braided packing or oil filter cartridges in the automobile industry.
Additionally Evonik Fibres produces a polymer solution which is applied for coatings in the semi conductor industry and which is converted into a polyimide powder used for the manufacturing of moulded parts or as filler for PTFE to improve tribological properties.
Apart from manufacturing fibres serving the environmental protection, Evonik Fibres takes care to make production as environmental compatible as possible.
Therefore a quality and environmental management system has been introduced which is certified conforming to ISO 9001 and 14.001 by external auditors.
It is Evonik Fibres definite policy to ensure active, preventive environmental protection in all operations.
