The Lenzing Group, will  increase prices of its manmade cellulosic fibers by at least 5% at the beginning of the first quarter 2006. The exact price increases will depend on the fiber type and new  new prices apply to textile and nonwoven fibers.       

The increase will offset continued rices in raw  materials and rising energy at all Lenzing production sites, which could not be offset by increases levied during the fourth quarter of 2005.