We study a systematic way to produce a Lipschitz operator ideal from a Banach linear operator ideal $\mathcal A$. For maximal and minimal operator ideals $\mathcal A$, the Lipschitz maximal hull and minimal kernel of the Lipschitz operator ideals $\text{ Lip}_0 \circ \mathcal A \circ \text{ Lip}_0$ are investigated, respectively. Using ultraproduct techniques, we obtain the Lipschitz version of a result of K\"ursten and Piestch which characterizes the maximal hull of any Lipschitz operator ideal. Among other results, we characterize the linear operators which belong to $\text{ Lip}_0\circ \mathcal A\circ \text{ Lip}_0$ which, in many cases, they are precisely those which are in $\mathcal A$. In particular, we give some cases in which a nonlinear factorization of linear operators implies a linear one, in terms of a given Banach linear operator ideal $\mathcal A$.
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