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LENZING SUSPENDS 2022 GUIDANCE DUE TO LIMITED MARKET VISIBILITY & HIGH VOLATILITY OF ENERGY & RAW MATERIAL MARKETS

Published: September 20, 2022
Author: DIGITAL MEDIA EXECUTIVE
  • Global market environment deteriorates significantly in current quarter: high inflation negatively impacts  consumer climate 
  • Strategic focus remains unchanged 

Lenzing – The Lenzing Group, the world’s leading supplier of wood-based specialty fibers for the textile and  non-wovens industries, suspended its guidance for the development of earnings in the 2022 financial year in view  of the drastic deterioration of the market environment in the current quarter. The further course of the 2022  financial year can only be estimated to a limited extent due to the extremely low visibility on the demand side  and the high volatility of energy and raw material costs. 

The war in Ukraine, China’s zero-covid policy and the significant rise in inflation have had a significant impact on  the global economy. The International Monetary Fund lowered its growth expectations for the current calendar  year to 3.2 percent in July. This drastically deteriorated market environment is also increasingly burdening the  consumer climate as well as the sentiment in the industries relevant to Lenzing. As a result, the expectations  regarding the business outlook declined significantly once again according to current surveys. 

Based on current assumptions for energy and raw material costs, Lenzing also sees the achievement of its  medium-term guidance for 2024 at risk. 

“We are currently experiencing unprecedented distortions in the energy and raw material markets, which are  burdening consumer climate and significantly limiting our visibility on short to medium-term business  development. Lenzing can build on a solid and forward-looking strategy as well as high-quality and innovative  products. The long-term growth prospects for our wood-based, biodegradable specialty fibers remain positive.  We are a champion of sustainability and well on our way to transforming the global industry from a linear to a  circular economy model. Lenzing is very well positioned, we will also overcome today’s economic turmoil”, says  Stephan Sielaff, CEO of the Lenzing Group. 

In light of the current distortions in the energy and raw material markets and their impact on consumer climate,  Lenzing sees itself confirmed in its long-term corporate strategy and will continue to drive specialty fiber growth  and the implementation of its ambitious climate and sustainability goals, including the transformation to a circular  economy model.  

The Lenzing Group’s results for the first three quarters of the current financial year will be published on Thursday,  November 03, 2022. 

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