[5] The company's history goes back to 1892, when Emil Hamburger, an industrialist, operated a paper mill in Lenzing, Austria.

Appropriate agreements were made to take account of the many economic interconnections that continued to exist between the social and the separated production sites.

In 1962, the company name was changed to Chemiefaser Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft in view of the planned start of production of synthetic fibers.

In 1964, an agreement was concluded with Courtaulds Limited, London, providing for close cooperation in the field of research, processes and production for viscose fibers.

In 1967, a plant was built for the production of synthetic films and tapes made of polyethylene and polypropylene for the packaging industry.

In 1966, Austria Faserwerke GesmbH was founded jointly with Farbwerke Hoechst AG formerly Meister Lucius & Brüning, Frankfurt a. M. This company built a plant at Lenzing, which went into operation in 1967, for the production of polyester fibers with the brand name Trevira as well as converter and rupture cables made of polyethylene terephthalate according to a licensing process of Farbwerke Hoechst AG.

In 1984, the company name changed to Lenzing AG and its shares were listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange in 1986.

[12] Lenzing Group has international branch offices in the United States and Asia (China, India, Indonesia).

Its production facilities are located mainly within the European Union, with the fibers being produced in Austria, United Kingdom, the US, China, and Indonesia, and starting a production facility in Thailand by 2022, while its plastics factories are located in Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic, and the US.

[15] In April 2015 Lenzing sold its German subsidiary Dolan, along with Kelheim and a 91-percent stake in European Carbon Fiber GmbH to WHEB Partners' Growth Fund 2 and Jan Verdenhalven.