Editing Rayon (section)

== Producers and brand names ==
In 2018, viscose fiber production in the world was approximately 5.8 million tons, and [[China]] was the largest producer with about 65% of total global production.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/brandfeatures/venture-capital/article?id=107974 |title=Global Viscose Fiber Market Share, Size, Key Players Analysis, Revenue, Growth Rate and Future Outlook to 2025 |newspaper=Reuters |access-date=16 July 2019 }}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> [[Trade name]]s are used within the rayon industry to label the type of rayon in the product. Viscose rayon was first produced in Coventry, England in 1905 by Courtaulds.

''Bemberg'' is a trade name for [[cuprammonium rayon]] developed by [[J. P. Bemberg]]. Bemberg performs much like viscose but has a smaller diameter and comes closest to silk in feel. Bemberg is now only produced in Japan.<ref name="bemberg" /> The fibers are finer than viscose rayon.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}

''Modal'' and ''[[Tencel]]'' are widely used forms of rayon produced by [[Lenzing AG]]. Tencel, generic name ''lyocell'', is made by a slightly different solvent recovery process, and is considered a different fiber by the US FTC. Tencel lyocell was first produced commercially by [[Courtaulds, Grimsby|Courtaulds' Grimsby plant]] in England. The process, which dissolves cellulose without a chemical reaction, was developed by Courtaulds Research.

[[Grasim Industries|Birla Cellulose]] is also a volume manufacturer of rayon. They have plants located in [[India]], [[Indonesia]] and China.

[[AkzoNobel#Fibres|Accordis]] was a major manufacturer of cellulose-based fibers and yarns. Production facilities can be found throughout Europe, the U.S. and [[Brazil]].<ref name="Colbond History">{{Cite web |url=http://www.colbond.us/history.htm |title=Colbond History |work=Colbond.us |archive-date=2009-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923204603/http://www.colbond.us/history.htm }}</ref>{{Efn|Acordis was a spinoff by [[AkzoNobel]] in 2000 after it had acquired [[Courtaulds]].<ref name="Colbond History" /> It was through [[AkzoNobel]]'s original parent company's, the ''Nederlandse Kunstzijdefabriek'' (ENKA), a joint venture with ''Rento Hofstede Crull''{{'}}s ''De Vijf'', named ''De Internationale Spinpot Exploitatie Maatschappij'' (''ISEM'') that the commercial production of rayon was made viable.  Hofstede Crull had supplied the solution for the problem of manufacturing rayon with his ''Driving Device for a Centrifugal Spinning Machine'' in 1925 (1931 {{US Patent|1798312}}).  The ''ISEM'' was fully integrated with the ''Algemene Kunstzijde Unie'', the Nederlandse Kunstzijdefabriek's successor, with the death of Hofstede Crull in 1938. (See [[AkzoNobel]], [[American Enka Company]], and also [[:nl:Rento Hofstede Crull|Rento Hofstede Crull]].)}}

''Visil rayon'' and HOPE FR are [[flame retardant]] forms of viscose that have [[Silicon dioxide|silica]] embedded in the fiber during manufacturing.

[[North American Rayon Corporation]] of [[Tennessee]] produced viscose rayon until its closure in the year 2000.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=1005 |entry=North American Rayon Corporation and American Bemberg Corporation |encyclopedia=Tennessee Encyclopedia |access-date=2025-05-13 }}</ref>{{Efn|North American Rayon Corporation of Tennessee was an American subsidiary of ''J. P. Bemburg A.G.'' which was part of the ''Vereinigte Glanstoff Fabriken'' that were absorbed into the Dutch ''AKU'', [[AkzoNobel]] today}}

[[Indonesia]] is one of the largest producers of rayon in the world, and [[Asia Pacific Rayon]] (APR) of the country has an annual production capacity of 0.24 million tons.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 24, 2019 |url=https://jakartaglobe.id/context/textile-indonesias-new-export-darling |title=Textile: Indonesia's New Export Darling |newspaper=The Jakarta Globe |access-date=16 July 2019 }}</ref>