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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 the 38th Hofer Vliesstofftage: Innovation for a sustainable nonwovens future

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On November 5 and 6, 2025, AGATEX will once again be represented at the Hofer Vliesstofftage (Hof Nonwovens Days) – the leading industry gathering for the nonwovens industry in German-speaking countries. As a family-owned company with over 100 years of history, it is particularly important to us to engage in direct dialogue with our customers and partners in order to jointly develop sustainable and efficient solutions.

Our focus at the event:
🔁 LAMBAFIL® R series – For the mechanical recycling of textiles
The textile circular economy is one of the major challenges of the coming years. With our LAMBAFIL® R series, we offer innovative chemical additives that have been specially developed for the requirements of mechanically recycled fibers. Among other things, the products improve:

  • the fiber length after processing,
  • reduce dust during processing,
  • and optimize further processing in carding, combing, or spinning.

In this way, we are making an active contribution to the better integration of recycled materials into existing processes.

🧪 LAMBAFIL® Nonwoven Solutions – Tailor-made chemistry for nonwovens
Whether antistatic, hydrophilic, hydrophobic finishes or defoamers – with our LAMBAFIL® product range, we offer tailor-made solutions for the specific requirements of nonwoven production. Our focus is on process reliability, product performance, and sustainability.

🧬 New AGATEX Innovation Center – Development under real conditions
In order to provide our customers with even better support, we opened our new Innovation Center in 2025. There we can:

  • conduct fiber-specific tests directly in-house,
  • simulate application-specific tests on nonwovens,
  • and develop new formulations much faster and in a more targeted manner.

This means shorter development times, better results, and even closer cooperation with our customers.

 

Visit us at the AGATEX tabletop at the Hofer Vliesstofftage 2025 in Hof.
We look forward to talking to all players along the nonwovens value chain – from manufacturers and machine builders to brands and converters.

📩 For further information, please contact us at: office@agatex.at