Company profile
The town of Lauscha, Germany has a long history of glass making, and the manufacture of glass products. To better understand LFI, one must first take a step back in time to look at our history, and origins, in the production of glass fiber.
A look back into history:
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 1597:
Johann Casimir, Duke of Saxon-Coburg, granted a concession for the construction of a glassworks to the glass-masters Hans Greiner and Christoph Müller. The old wooden town-glassworks had been situated on the Hüttenplatz ("glassworks place") for more than 400 years. This old town-glassworks became the "mother glassworks" of many other glass manufacturers in the surroundings of Lauscha, Germany.
 Lauscha is considered to be the "cradle of lamp-work glass". During the 19th century the production of glass pearls out of glass tubes was developed. On this base the production of Christmas tree ornaments was started, which made the name of Lauscha well known, and contributed to its good reputation all over the world.
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 1924:
Lauscha Glassworks (now Lauscha Fiber International) used the regional experience to begin the production of glass marbles and glass cullet. These products were used as raw materials by regional glass workers.
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1940: Glass microfiber was first used to improve dimensional stability in traditional, cellulose-based paper, and the first attempt to produce a 100% glass sheet was soon to follow.
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1950: The start of commercial utilization of 100% glass filtration media developed by the National Bureau of Standards. This success was largely due to the use of sub-micron glass fibers.
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 1960: Lauscha Glassworks extends it product line to include glass microfibers for similar applications in Eastern Europe. During that time "stepel or rod attenuation" technology was used to produce a range of sub-micron to 5-micron glass fibers. These fibers were also used for insulation and reinforcement applications.
Lauscha Glassworks continued to broaden their capabilities by offering multiple glass chemistries, and a larger product range.
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 1992: Lauscha Glassworks comes under new ownership and begins the transformation of improving fiberizing technology. Today the group operates under the name Lauscha Fiber International (LFI).
Fiberizing technologies are updated, and production of Flame Attenuated and Rotary Attenuated fibers begin.
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1995:
Recognizing a need to supply worldwide markets Lauscha Fiber International expands into the United States with a state-of-the-art fiberizing facility in Summerville, SC.
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1996: LFI is first to develop and introduce a low-boron glass microfiber specifically designed for the semiconductor industry.
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1998: LFI develops a cost-effective line of glass microfiber products for use in engine filtration media, cellulose based papers, vacuum formed filtration media and composite materials.
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2001: LFI continues to expand production capacity, including the installation of a third glass furnace used for the manufacture of glass pellets.
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2004/05:
LFI expands Rotary and Flame Attenuation capacity to better serve
global market demands. |
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2006: LFI begins operations at new
manufacturing facility in Sudogda, Russia. |
 
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Experience, Innovation and Quality
During its long history of producing glass materials, LFI has always strongly believed that glass quality is essential in the manufacture of high performance glass fibers.
Today, the tradition continues with three modern, environmentally
friendly, manufacturing facilities located in Lauscha, Germany;
Summerville, SC, USA; and Sudogda, Russia. All of our production
facilities utilize state-of-the-art fiberizing technologies for Flame
Attenuation and Rotary Attenuation processes.
Lauscha Fiber manufactures glass microfibers in four distinct glass chemistries, with nominal fiber diameters ranging from 0.33 µm to 5.0 µm. These fibers are produced under strict quality control, and are tailored to meet specific applications and customer needs. Our fibers utilize uniform diameter distribution, purity and low shot properties.
We are also a distributor of other vitreous fibers including E-glass chopped strand, mineral wool, high-silica, and other glass rovings.
The ability to recognize today's business challenges and to offer innovative solutions ensures our success. All products are subject to strict quality controls. Modern, computer-controlled manufacturing technology and automated data capture for process and product analysis ensure that we meet customer specifications. Of course, LFI’s quality management system is registered to ISO standards.
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