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AGATEX opens new Innovation Center

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AGATEX Feinchemie GmbH opens new Innovation Center in Edt bei Lambach

Edt bei Lambach, Austria – AGATEX Feinchemie GmbH has opened a new Innovation Center at its site in Edt bei Lambach. Following less than one year of construction and an investment in the seven-figure euro range, the new facilities were occupied at the end of last year.

“This investment is a clear commitment to our Austrian site and highlights the importance of research, development and innovation for our company. At the same time, our parallel investments in Thailand strengthen our international presence and allow us to be even closer to our customers in global growth markets,” says Managing Director Georg Bauer.

The core of the investment in Edt bei Lambach is the expansion of AGATEX’s research and development capabilities. This includes an upgraded chemical laboratory, a new application technology laboratory designed to simulate real customer processes, as well as additional office and meeting spaces. The application laboratory, in particular, enables product testing under realistic, process-oriented conditions.

“With this investment, we can support our customers even more effectively and significantly reduce development timelines. Developing solutions together with our customers is essential to finding the right answers to complex challenges. Our clear goal is to become the preferred partner of our customers,” adds Managing Director Nikolaus Bauer-Harnoncourt.

With the new Innovation Center in Austria and the simultaneous expansion of its international activities – especially in Southeast Asia – AGATEX is setting the course for sustainable growth, technological excellence and closer customer collaboration worldwide.

 

About AGATEX

AGATEX Feinchemie GmbH is an Austrian family-owned company founded in 1921 and headquartered in Edt bei Lambach. The company develops, produces and markets specialty chemicals for the fiber and nonwovens industry, the paper and pulp industry, the wood-based materials industry, as well as other industrial applications.

A second business segment supplies refrigerants for the air conditioning and refrigeration industry as well as for the automotive sector. Through shareholdings, AGATEX is also active in the detergent business.

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AGATEX at Re4tex 2025 – Driving Circularity in the Textile Industry

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We are pleased to participate as an exhibitor at this year’s Re4tex – Recycling for Textiles Colloquium, one of Europe’s leading platforms for circular economy, sustainable fiber development, and innovative recycling technologies.

As a family-owned company with more than 100 years of history, circularity is deeply rooted in our philosophy. We firmly believe that real progress can only be achieved through strong industrial partnerships across the value chain.

Our Contribution: LAMBAFIL® R – Enhanced Performance for Mechanical Recycling

With our LAMBAFIL R Series, we support fiber and nonwoven producers in achieving higher recycling performance without compromising process efficiency:

  • Longer fibers due to improved cohesion

  • Significantly reduced dust formation

  • Smoother processing in carding and spinning

  • Stable and consistent quality, even at higher recycled content

We are delighted that our Head of Application Technology, Thomas Maier, will be present at the event to discuss technical challenges, ongoing projects, and new partnership opportunities.

🔗 More information about our solutions: https://www.agatex.at/en/textilerecycling/

🔗 More information about the event: https://www.stfi.de/en/events/colloquium-re4tex

Let’s shape the future of circular textiles together.
Let’s go Circular together.

AGATEX wins the Hermes Business Award in the International category

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AGATEX wins the Hermes Business Award in the “International” category

Lambach, [October 10, 2025] – AGATEX Feinchemie GmbH is the winner of the prestigious Hermes Business Award 2025 in the International category. The award recognizes the outstanding performance of the family-owned company, which has stood for innovation, sustainability, and reliability since 1921.

AGATEX is now managed by the fourth generation, Georg Bauer, and the fifth generation, Nikolaus Bauer-Harnoncourt. With its business areas of refrigerants and specialty chemicals, as well as its sister company Pernauer Chemiewerke in the detergent sector, AGATEX is one of the internationally successful medium-sized companies based in Upper Austria.

“This award is a great recognition of what our employees achieve every day – together with our customers, who have placed their trust in us for decades. We are proud that our value orientation, innovative strength, and sustainable development are being highlighted in this way,” says Georg Bauer.

In recent years, AGATEX has invested heavily to further expand its position: With the new innovation center in Lambach, which will open in 2025, research and customer development will be more closely linked. At the same time, construction is starting on a state-of-the-art production facility in Thailand, which is scheduled to go into operation in 2026 and will serve the Asian market more efficiently.

The Hermes Business Award confirms AGATEX’s approach: preserving tradition, but consistently investing in the future and pursuing the goal of creating added value for customers, employees, and society. Prize confirms AGATEX’s approach: preserving tradition while consistently investing in the future and pursuing the goal of creating added value for customers, employees, and society.

 

About AGATEX
AGATEX Feinchemie GmbH is a family-owned company based in Lambach, Upper Austria. The company has been developing, producing, and distributing specialty chemicals and refrigerants since 1921.