Siyifektri eneminyaka engaphezu kwe-10 yamava ekuveliseni amalaphu.
Ifayibha ye-Lyocell lilaphu elitsha kraca lelaphu elilukiweyo kunye nempahla, elavela eYurophu nase-United States phakathi nasekupheleni kweminyaka yee-1990.Ayinayo nje impawu zokuthuthuzela, ukuziva kakuhle kwesandla, kunye nokudaya lula ukuba i-cotton ye-fiber yendalo inakho, kodwa ineenzuzo zokukhuselwa kwendalo ezingenayo i-viscose fiber.
Ineempawu ezininzi ezibalaseleyo zazo zombini iintsinga zendalo kunye neentsinga zokwenziwa.I-Lyocell yintsinga eluhlaza.Izinto zayo eziluhlaza yi-cellulose, engapheliyo kwindalo.Inkqubo yokuvelisa ayinayo i-chemical reaction kunye ne-solvent esetyenzisiweyo ayinayo inetyhefu.