Corporates

Ambercycle And Benma Join Forces To Scale Circular cycora Fibers

Textile Insights January 12, 2025

Ambercycle and Benma have announced a strategic partnership to scale circularity in textiles through the production of cycora® staple fibers. This collaboration leverages Ambercycle’s pioneering circular material technology and Benma’s advanced manufacturing expertise to meet the growing demand

Corporates

Ambercycle and Shenghong Partner to Scale Circular Filament Yarns

Textile Insights January 8, 2025

Ambercycle, a leader in circular materials, has joined forces with Shenghong Holding Group to scale the production of regenerated filament yarns made with cycora® material. This strategic partnership integrates cycora® into the Chinese value chain, addressing the global demand for truly circular solutions in the apparel industry. Since 2024, the two companies have

Corporates

ANDRITZ Partners With Circ To Build Landmark Textile Recycling Plant

Textile Insights December 7, 2024

International technology group ANDRITZ has secured an engineering order from Circ, a U.S.-based textile recycling innovator, to develop its first large-scale textile recycling plant. This groundbreaking facility will be the first to successfully recover cotton and polyester from blended textile waste, marking a significant step toward circularity in the fashion industry.

Corporates

Birla Cellulose And Circ Announce Strategic Partnership To Accelerate Scaling Textile Recycling Innovation

Textile Insights November 11, 2024

Strategic collaboration aims to drive growth of and access to recycled fibres Birla Cellulose, the cellulosic fibres business of the Aditya Birla Group and one of the world’s leading Man-Made Cellulosic Fibre (MMCF) producers through its flagship company Grasim Industries Ltd, and Circ, a US-based textile-to-textile recycling innovator, have announced a long-term strategic

Corporates

Inditex And Ambercycle Forge €70 Million Agreement For Regenerated Polyester

Textile Insights October 27, 2024

Inditex has signed a three-year agreement worth over €70 million with Ambercycle, a Los Angeles-based material science start-up, to purchase Cycora, a textile-to-textile recycled polyester. This partnership is crucial for scaling the production of Cycora and supporting the construction of Ambercycle’s first commercial textile regeneration facility. The new facility,

Sustainability

Goodwill Industries International Advances Textile Circularity With US$ 1.28 Million Project

Textile Insights September 10, 2024

Goodwill Industries International (GII) has successfully concluded a transformative two-year initiative aimed at enhancing textile circularity across its extensive network. The US$ 1.28 million project, generously funded by the Walmart Foundation, was designed to develop the skills, systems and infrastructure necessary for the collection, sorting and preparation of

Sustainability

VDMA Textile Machinery Issues Position Paper on EU Sustainability Regulations

Textile Insights August 2, 2024

In a position paper released, the VDMA Textile Machinery Association addresses the ambitious EU regulations and their national implementation for a sustainable and circular transformation of the textile and clothing industry. Textile production demands significant resources, including water, energy, and chemicals. “The members of VDMA Textile Machinery support

Corporates

RE&UP Secures €70M To Expand Textile Recycling Capacity

Textile Insights July 25, 2024

Proparco has granted a €70 million senior loan to RE&UP Recycling Technologies, a circular-tech textile recycling venture of SANKO Group, to expand its textile recycling capabilities and reduce its environmental footprint. This funding will help RE&UP scale its next-gen recycled fiber production and build a new textile-to-textile recycling factory in Gaziantep,

Apparel, Fashion, Retail

Sustainable Sportswear: Puma’s RE:FIBRE Jerseys for 35 Clubs

July 19, 2024

Global sports company Puma has significantly advanced its textile-to-textile recycling initiative, RE:FIBRE, by creating millions of replica football jerseys with at least 75% recycled textile waste and other waste materials. Starting from the 2024/25 season, all Puma football replica jerseys, including those for 35 clubs and major tournaments like the Euro and Copa

Sustainability

Carbios And Tomra Textiles Drive Circular Economy For Polyester

June 19, 2024

Carbios, a pioneer in the development and industrialization of biological technologies to reinvent the life cycle of plastic and textiles, and Tomra Textiles, a tech venture set up by sorting technology leader Tomra, announce the signing of an agreement to collaborate on establishing an efficient stream in Northern Europe from textile waste collection, sorting and […]