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EURATEX calls for a competitive and harmonised Circular Economy Act For Textiles

EURATEX, representing Europe’s textile and clothing industry with over 200,000 companies and 1.3 million workers, has submitted its official position paper to the European Commission’s consultation on the upcoming Circular Economy Act (CEA). The association welcomes the Commission’s initiative to shape a framework that strengthens Europe’s circular economy while maintaining industrial competitiveness.

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Toray develops recycling technology that retains carbon fiber strength and surface quality

Toray Industries, Inc., announced today that it has developed a recycling technology that can decompose diverse carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) made from thermosetting resins while retaining the strength and surface quality of those fibers. The company drew on this technology to create a nonwoven fabric employing recycled carbon fibers.

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REI Co-op and Ambercycle reach three-year agreement to scale regenerated Polyester

REI and Ambercycle today announced a three-year offtake agreement forcycora® regenerated polyester, marking a bold step to decarbonize outdoor apparel and reduce reliance on virgin resources.

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RE&UP debuts at Ecomondo 2025 to showcase circular fashion innovation

RE&UP makes its first appearance at Ecomondo – The Green Technology Expo, Europe’s leading event for ecological transition and circular economy. Specializing in textile-to-textile recycling, RE&UP transforms end-of-life fabrics into Next-Gen recycled cotton fibers and polyester chips, giving new life to materials that would otherwise go to waste.

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textile.4U publishes special edition “Top 100 Textile Recycling Companies 2025”

With a comprehensive 176-page special edition, textile.4U is dedicating its latest issue entirely to one of the most dynamic and influential topics in today’s textile industry: textile recycling. The new issue, published exclusively in high-quality print, presents the Top 100 textile recycling companies researched and selected by TexData – organizations that already play a key role in the transition to circular textiles or are expected to have a significant impact in the near future.

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Recover™ secures multi-year recycled cotton agreement with H&M

Recover™ has signed a multi-year agreement with H&M to support the integration of its recycled cotton fiber, RCotton, for use in H&M’s products. Since early 2024, H&M and Recover™ have collaborated on product development, which now enables scaled commercial introduction of Recover™ mechanically recycled cotton into H&M’s collections.

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Marzoli unveals its new textile ecosystem at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2025 at Singapore

With the claim “Designed to Impact”, Marzoli showcases its evolution into a complete engineering company for the textile industry. By combining advanced machinery, digital intelligence, science of materials and innovative services, the company enables textile manufacturers unlock new business opportunities, and accelerate their path to innovation and differentiation.

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Recover™ joins T2T Alliance

Madrid-headquartered materials science company Recover™, a global leader in mechanical cotton recycling, has officially joined the T2T Alliance, a coalition of advanced textile recyclers advocating for progressive policy action to accelerate circularity in the textile industry.

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matterr at K – Where innovation meets industry

At this year’s K trade fair, matterr took the stage to showcase its technology and demonstrate how it drives circular polyester at an industrial scale. Insightful conversations, strong new connections, and great energy — all together reminds how powerful it is when innovation meets industry. The momentum from Düsseldorf shows: circular transformation is no longer a vision — it’s happening.

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ASTRI becomes Friends of Recycling Europe sponsor to boost textile circularity

Recycling Europe is delighted to welcome ASTRI as a Friends of Recycling Europe sponsor, reflecting a shared commitment to advancing circular practices in the textiles sector.

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Winners of the ITMF International Collaboration Award 2025

The winners of the ITMF International Collaboration Awards 2025 will present their project at the upcoming ITMF & IAF Conference 2025 which will be held from 24 - 25 October in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and will be co-hosted by Indonesia Textile Industry Association (API).

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Winners of the ITMF Start-up Award 2025

The winners of the ITMF Start-up Awards 2025 will present their business models at the upcoming ITMF & IAF Conference 2025 which will be held from 24 - 25 October in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and will be co-hosted by the Indonesia Textile Industry Association (API).

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RECOVER™ Central America wins Textile Exchange’s Climate and Nature Impact Award for Textile-To-Textile Partnership

Recover™ and Intradeco have been named winners of the Climate and Nature Impact Award for Textile-to-Textile Partnership at the 2025 Textile Exchange Conference in Lisbon.

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A circular European value chain turns post-consumer textile waste into new garments for Dutch retailer Zeeman

A closed-loop recycling project has successfully transformed 24 tons of post-consumer textiles into nearly 50,000 garments for Dutch retailer Zeeman, with each product containing a high-rate of 70% recycled content. This achievement represents a major milestone in accelerating textile-to-textile recycling in Europe.

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EREMA Group partners with Australian technology pioneer BlockTexx®

At K show in Düsseldorf, the world’s leading trade fair for plastics and rubber, EREMA Group announced a strategic investment in clean technology company BlockTexx®. The Australian pioneer has developed a process that separates polyester and cellulose from blended textiles. By combining both companies’ technologies, the partnership aims to scale post-consumer textile-to-textile recycling to industrial levels.

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Closing the Loop in the Textile Industry: Value Creation in the State of Brandenburg

How can the state of Brandenburg benefit from a circular textile industry? This question is addressed in the new policy paper "Closing the loop in the textile industry: Value creation in the state of Brandenburg." Based on the „TexPHB“ feasibility study funded by the Brandenburg Ministry of Climate Protection, it shows how textile waste can be integrated into new value chains.

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DynaShape® boosts productivity by ten percent

The more precisely the machine parameters can be matched to the input material, the higher the throughput and better the quality. PURE LOOP developed DynaShape® as an intelligent automation solution for the ISEC evo recycling machine to optimise settings on its own and maintain a consistent recycling process even when the feed material changes.

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The new European Circular Textile Coalition calls for a circular textile economy: "a world without waste is possible"

Reju, together with 11 other companies representing the textile value chain, today launched the European Circular Textile Coalition's manifesto for a fully circular textile economy, urging the EU to transform post-consumer textile waste into a driver of green jobs, innovation and competitiveness.

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RE&UP kicked off Textile Exchange 2025 with circular textile solutions

RE&UP is diving into Textile Exchange 2025, joining a global community of innovators, brands, and changemakers. This year’s conference theme is Shifting Landscapes: Connecting Environmental Adaptation and Systems Transformation, which explores how the fashion industry can adapt, innovate, and accelerate the shift toward circularity.

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Circ announces its first sourcing partnership with H&M Group

Circ®, the only textile-to-textile recycler capable of taking polycotton blends and fully recovering both the polyester and the cellulose for reuse, today announced a collaboration with H&M Group. For the first time, H&M will incorporate Circ’s recycled fibers from polycotton textile waste into its product offerings. The first products debut in Fall 2025, with a womenswear v-neck fleece sweatshirt made with Circ® Polyester and expands in Spring 2026 with menswear denim crafted with TENCEL™ | Circ® with REFIBRA™ Technology.

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Odlo and DePoly “Close the loop” on Polyester with InnoBooster project

Odlo, the Swiss-based performance apparel brand, together with DePoly, the award-winning chemical recycling pioneer, has successfully completed an InnoBooster-funded innovation project. By turning production cut-offs from Odlo’s base layer factory into virgin-quality recycled polyester fabric, the partners have taken an important step towards closing the loop on one of the most widely used materials in the textile industry.

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Niccolò Pasqualetti debuts Circ’s recycled materials at Paris Fashion Week

On October 5, 2025, textile-to-textile recycling innovator Circ® was featured at Paris Fashion Week, collaborating with experimental designer Niccolò Pasqualetti. Two looks from Pasqualetti’s Spring/Summer 2026 Collection were crafted with Circ® Lyocell – with the help of Italian textile mill Tessilgodi – and debuted on the runway, marking the material’s first-ever appearance at Paris Fashion Week.

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Samsara Eco appoints first General Manager of Asia to lead expansion

Samsara Eco has announced the appointment of Dr Lars Kissau as its first General Manager of Asia. Based in Singapore, Kissau will lead the company's expansion across Asia as it scales operations and sprints towards the opening of the company's first commercial nylon 6,6 facility in 2028.

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Recycling pioneer matterr to build plant at Chemiepark Knapsack

matterr is establishing operations at Chemiepark Knapsack. The planned small-scale industrial depolymerisation plant will be located in the Hürth section of the site and will have an annual capacity of 10,000 tonnes. The facility marks an important step toward a fossil-free, circular PET industry. Groundbreaking is scheduled for 2026.

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ERC 2025: Recycling Europe debuts in Hamburg as industry and policymakers confront circular economy challenges

The 7th European Recycling Conference (ERC) gathered 140+ industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators in Hamburg for a day of frank discussions on the future of circularity in Europe.

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Coats commits to circularity with textile-to-textile thread innovation

Proof-of-concept innovation aligns with Company’s broader sustainability goals, aiming to reduce Scope 3 emissions by cutting down on waste to landfill across its value chain.

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RadiciGroup and Ferragamo team up for an eco-design project under the Monitor for Circular Fashion initiative

RadiciGroup, a leading player in sustainable textile solutions, has partnered with Ferragamo to develop “Nova – The evolution of a Star”, an eco-design project that reimagines one of the Maison’s iconic handbags through the lens of circularity.

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Indorama Ventures in Lisbon to help unlock systemic change in the textile industry

Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited, a global sustainable chemical company, joins leading brand owners, technology players, weavers, knitters, and alike at the Textile Exchange Conference in Lisbon on October 13-17. Under the conference theme of Shifting Landscapes, Vipin Kumar, Chief Commercial Officer for Indorama Ventures’ Fibers Business, will join the debate on how to unlock opportunities for systems transformation.

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Selenis launches Texnascis for textile circularit

Selenis, a leading global manufacturer of specialty polyesters, today announced the launch of Texnascis, its new brand dedicated to textile-to-textile recycling. Texnascis will become the vehicle to deliver Selenis mission to drive the textile industry towards a circular future by transforming textile waste into innovative products for re-use.

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EU to make textile producers pay for collection and recycling

On Tuesday, Parliament gave its final green light to new measures to prevent and reduce waste from food and textiles across the EU.

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GenuTrace and Refiberd partner to deliver verified forensic with AI traceability for the textile industry

GenuTrace, LLC, a leader in forensic supply chain verification, and Refiberd, an AI-driven innovator in textile sorting, today announced a strategic collaboration to deliver a dual-layer validation system. The system combines forensic science and AI to verify the authenticity and origin of fiber, yarn and fabric.

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Patrick McDowell brings Circ’s recycled Polyester filament to the Runway at London Fashion Week

Circ®, a US-based textile-to-textile recycling innovator, is making history at London Fashion Week with renowned designer Patrick McDowell. For the first time, a recycled polyester filament made from polycotton blended fabric waste will appear on the runway on September 20, 2025 in McDowell’s Spring/Summer Collection.

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CARBIOS presents its 2025 half-year results and confirms its objective to build a PET biorecycling plant, with a revised timeline

CARBIOS (Euronext Growth Paris: ALCRB), a pioneer in the development and industrialization of biological technologies aimed at reinventing the lifecycle of plastics and textiles, today announces its 2025 half-year results and confirms its objective to build a PET biorecycling plant in Longlaville, with a revised timeline.

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Circulose and Jilin Chemical Fiber forge partnership to scale circular Viscose filament yarn

Circulose, a global leader in textile recycling, has entered into a strategic partnership with Jilin Chemical Fiber to exclusively market and sell viscose filament yarn produced with CIRCULOSE® for the global market in 2026 to 2028, accelerating the large-scale adoption of next-gen textile fibers.

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Avantium, LVMH and Tereos form strategic alliance to scale releaf® production across Europe

Avantium N.V., a leader in renewable and circular polymer materials, announces that it has signed Memoranda of Understanding with Tereos, a global leader in sugar, starch, alcohol and bioethanol production, and with LVMH GAÏA, the scientific and environmental R&D division of LVMH Moet Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, the world leader in luxury. Together, the parties will establish a strategic collaboration to accelerate the industrial-scale production of PEF (polyethylene furanoate), Avantium’s 100% renewable and circular performance polymer known under the brand name releaf®.

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Circ® and Arvind Limited partner to expand access to circular Polyester and Lyocell at scale

Circ®, a US-based textile-to-textile recycling innovator, announced today a new strategic partnership with Arvind Limited, one of India’s largest integrated textile and apparel companies.

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Efficient filtration in PET recycling – How the new COBRA filter is setting new standards

A conversation with Matthias Schmitz, Head of Engineering Recycling Technology at BB Engineering Rapidly rising recycling rates, fluctuating input qualities and high demands on product purity pose major challenges for recyclers – especially in filtration.

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Circulose and TextileGenesis partner to scale traceable circular materials

CIRCULOSE®, the next-generation material made entirely from discarded textiles, is partnering with TextileGenesis, a Lectra company, to integrate supply chain traceability into its solution offering for fashion brands.

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RE&UP steps up at Première Vision: from newcomer to key player

After making its debut at Première Vision last year alongside ISKO, RE&UP returns in 2025 with a stronger presence and a bigger stage. The circular textile technology leader is now exhibiting independently in Hall 6, Booth 6S30 – and taking part in one of the show’s key panel discussions on textile recycling.

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French Designer Hugo Dumas named Joint Winner of the Redress Design Award 2025

French emerging designer Hugo Dumas has been named a joint winner of the prestigious Redress Design Award 2025, the world’s leading sustainable fashion competition. His five-look capsule collection was unveiled on Thursday, 4 September, during the award’s official runway show. Dumas shares the First Prize with Carla Zhang from Mainland China, marking the first time the competition has named two winners.

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RE&UP powers ONLY’s recycled tops program

Circular textile technology leader RE&UP supports BESTSELLER’s women’s brand ONLY in launching a new jersey program of basic tops made from next-generation recycled polyester. The first styles are already in stores. Using its modular recycling technology, RE&UP transforms post-consumer and factory textile waste into fibers that meet the same performance standards as virgin materials.

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REHUBS to unveil strategy and tactical action plan to industrialise textile circularity by 2032

Europe’s circular economy in textiles and apparel is facing a daunting challenge. Increasing volumes of discarded textiles, fragile collection systems, and the flood of ultra-fast fashion are intensifying a crisis of overproduction, waste, and lost value. Despite advances in recycling technology, very few textiles today are recycled back into new textiles, with most waste still downcycled, incinerated, or exported.

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From waste to value: State-of-the-art TRUECYCLED installations in India

Demand for recycled yarn is growing. And the number of TRUECYCLED installations in India is growing too! More and more future-facing companies are driving progress toward a more sustainable textiles industry by producing high-quality yarn from waste – through specialized equipment and process know-how from Trützschler.

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Samsara Eco opens first plant to scale circular plastics

Australian biotech innovator, Samsara Eco, has today opened its first plant, representing a significant milestone in the fight against plastic waste. The new plant will exponentially increase the company’s ability to produce virgin-identical, low-carbon circular materials like recycled nylon 6,6 and polyester with broad applications across apparel, packaging and automotives, at scale.

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Loop Industries and Shinkong launch strategic alliance to support shift by global brands to circular Polyester

Loop Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq:LOOP), a clean technology company dedicated to accelerating the circular fashion and textile economy by manufacturing 100% recycled polyethylene terephthalate ("PET") plastic and textile-to-textile (T2T) polyester, and Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation, a leader in Taiwan's polyester industry and a global leader in sustainable and high-performance polyester yarn solutions for apparel brands, are pleased to announce a strategic alliance aimed at driving the transition from a linear to a circular textile economy.

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PYRATEX® adopts Circ® recycled fibers to accelerate circular textiles in Europe and beyond

Circ®, a leader in textile-to-textile recycling, and PYRATEX®, a next-gen textile R&D company, are strengthening their collaboration to integrate Circ’s recycled fibers into PYRATEX’s fabric collections. Amid rising market demand for genuinely circular and scalable textile solutions, this partnership, supported by PYRATEX’s volume commitments to adopt Circ materials into their fabrics, positions the company as Circ’s strategic European partner to produce circular knitted fabrics and knitwear garments, ready to support global brands with highperformance, scalable circular textiles.

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Advanced Recycling Conference 2025: From industry crossroads to circularity

Alongside core-topics like plastics and polymer recycling, this year’s program explores new developments in biochemical, textile and automotive recycling, plus digital tools supporting scalable solutions for circular systems.

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A billion-dollar business is brewing in textile waste – potential for hundreds of plants across Europe

According to a Finnish research project, textile recycling is a massive opportunity for the whole of Europe. Recycling technology is advancing rapidly, but a lack of regulation and challenges relating to the composition of waste materials are hindering a real breakthrough. Susanna Raiskio VTT

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4.2 million Euros for research into textile recycling

Around the world, used textiles are still rarely recycled and pile up into huge mountains of waste. A recent study by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) drew attention to this problem. However, the low recycling rate is also due to the fact that only a small percentage of used textiles are actually suitable for recycling into high-quality materials and for demanding applications. The German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf (DITF) are addressing this problem with their research.

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matterr welcomes BESTSELLER as new investor to scale polyester recycling

matterr, the German cleantech company pioneering polyester recycling, announces a strategic partnership with family-owned international fashion group BESTSELLER. The investment, made through BESTSELLER’s innovation and investment platform Invest FWD, follows a major EU commitment of 30 million euros in public support through the EFRE/JTF program in North Rhine-Westphalia. Together, these milestones lay the foundation for matterr’s first small-scale industrial plant and the subsequent international scale-up of its technology.

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Proven and new technologies for PET recycling and more

Under the motto “Closing the Loop. Opening Potential,” BB Engineering (BBE) and Barmag will be presenting innovative and profitable technologies for sustainable plastics processing at K 2025. BBE will be focusing on high-performance extruders, highly efficient melt filters, and integrated recycling solutions for high-quality rPET melts. A special highlight: the parallel Open House event at the BBE Technical Center with live demonstrations. The team of experts from BBE and Barmag will be waiting for visitors at the joint booth in Hall 10, Booth H12.

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17th Colloquium on Recycling for Textiles with accompanying trade exhibition in Chemnitz

On 3 and 4 December 2025, the 17th colloquium on recycling for textiles will take place at the Hotel Chemnitzer Hof. The event brings together experts from industry, science and research to present and discuss current developments, technologies and business models for a sustainable circular economy in the textile industry.

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Cooperation on the circular textile economy

International cooperation for a circular textile economy: Circular Textile Days, the leading international B2B event for sustainable textiles based in the Netherlands, is entering into a strategic partnership with the DATIpilot Innovation Community Circular Textiles at Augsburg University of Applied Sciences (THA). The aim of the collaboration is to strengthen European innovation in the circular textile economy and create new opportunities for the cross-border exchange of knowledge.

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Eastman and Huafon Chemical to establish local cellulose acetate yarn manufacturing facility in China

Eastman (NYSE: EMN) today announced a formal strategic partnership with Huafon Chemical to establish a joint facility to produce cellulose acetate yarn. The facility will be dedicated to localized production and product innovation of Eastman Naia™ cellulose acetate filament yarns in China.

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Focus on sustainability throughout the entire process chain

With a clear focus on sustainability, Barmag, a subsidiary of the Swiss Oerlikon Group, will present comprehensive solutions from its Oerlikon Barmag and Oerlikon Neumag product brands for the plastics industry at K 2025. Under the motto "Barmag Recycling Technologies – Closing the Loop. Opening Potential," Barmag will inform trade visitors about its wide range of services in the field of plastics manufacturing and processing from October 8 to 15. The team of experts from Barmag and its joint ventures BB Engineering (BBE) and Oerlikon Barmag Huitong Engineering (OBHE) will be waiting to welcome visitors in Hall 10, Booth H12.

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Indorama Ventures reaches 150 billion PET bottles recycling milestone, advancing circular economy across global operations

Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited, a global sustainable chemical company, today announced it has recycled more than 150 billion post-consumer PET bottles since 2011. This significant milestone underscores the company’s long-term commitment to circular economy practices and its sustained investment in global recycling infrastructure.

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The Foundation signs a joint letter on the EU Circular Economy Act

Today, the European Commission has launched a crucial Public Consultation for its upcoming Circular Economy Act (CEA). The Foundation has joined a coalition of seven leading European civil society organisations to issue a joint statement calling for an ambitious and transformative piece of legislation.

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Texaid Germany files for insolvency reflecting the structural crisis in Europe’s second-hand and sorting industry

Texaid Germany, a key unit of the Swiss recycling group Texaid Textilverwertungs AG, has initiated insolvency proceedings in self-administration for two of its German subsidiaries: Resales Textilhandels- und -recycling GmbH and Texaid Collection GmbH.

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Loop Industries announces launch of Twist(TM), its high-performance polyester resin brand for textile and apparel customers

Loop Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq:LOOP), a clean technology company accelerating circularity in plastic and fiber markets, today announced the launch of Twist™, a branded circular polyester resin made entirely from textile waste. Loop is currently advancing its discussions with apparel brands for offtake from its planned India JV and will supply Twist™ as its branded product offering.

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Tangshan Sanyou and Circ® Announce Partnership to Scale Circ Lyocell in China

Sanyou Chemical Fiber, a large-scale cellulose fiber manufacturer under Tangshan Sanyou Group umbrella, and Circ, a US-based textile-to-textile recycling innovator, have announced a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the scaling of recycled cellulosic (namely lyocell) fibers within the textiles sector. Sanyou has committed to purchase pulp for a period of 5 years from Circ’s first commercial-scale facility, which is expected to be operational in 2028.

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Discover how Textile Exchange is paving the way for tracing textile waste across the supply chain

Textile Exchange has released an update to its Reclaimed Materials Declaration Form (RMDF) which will mean that data will now be collected around where recycled material came from. This recalibration of the RMDF paves the way for a foundational shift to how textile waste is traced in the supply chain, highlighting Textile Exchange’s commitment to tracking the difference between recycled bottles and recycled textiles.

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CARBIOS enters the r-PET market for tire textile filaments

CARBIOS (Euronext Growth Paris: ALCRB) announces the signing of a multi-year commercial agreement with Indorama Ventures, the global leader in PET production. This agreement covers the supply of biorecycled monomers from its Longlaville plant, which will be transformed into r-PET filaments by Indorama Ventures and then integrated by Michelin into the manufacturing of its tires.

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Reju and Circle-8 Textile Ecosystems partner to further large-scale textile recycling in the U.K.

Reju™, the progressive textile-to-textile regeneration company, and Circle-8 Textile Ecosystems, a key builder of ecosystems and infrastructures unlocking textile-to-textile recycling, today announced a partnership to further facilitate a circular textiles ecosystem in the U.K.

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Challenges of making yarn from recycled fibers

What does it take to spin quality yarn from recycled fibers? Uster Technologies brought textile industry leaders together to discuss the role of technology, data and automation – as well as the current challenges in using recycled raw material. Experts from Rieter, Säntis Textiles, Otto Yarns, and TVU commented on the current situation and looked into the future of spinning in a panel discussion organized at Uster headquarters.

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tExtended to host workshop at 3rd Ecosystex Conference In Gothenburg, Sweden

In order to demonstrate and validate the steps taken so far to develop a blueprint for the optimized cycling of discarded textiles, the EU-funded project tExtended will be present at the next ECOSYSTEX conference, which will take place on September 29 – October 1 at the Jacy’z Hotel in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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REHUBS to build industry-wide circularity roadmap and action plan in response to increasing textile waste challenges in Europe

ReHubs is leading systemic change across the textile and apparel industry, bringing together key stakeholders to achieve ambitious circularity goals through aligned efforts in infrastructure, policy, and finance. Since its inception, ReHubs has been the catalyst and engine for transforming Europe’s textile and apparel recycling landscape.

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Infinited Fiber Company appoints new chair and board members to drive next growth phase

Infinited Fiber Company has announced key changes to its Board of Directors following its Annual General Meeting on June 30, 2025. The new appointments are designed to support the company’s strategic focus on scaling its proprietary Infinna™ technology, expanding partnerships across the textile value chain, and preparing for industrial-level investment.

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Circ® and Zalando launch first collection featuring Circ Lyocell

Circ®, a leading innovator in textile-to-textile recycling, announces its first brand collaboration with Zalando, Europe’s leading online platform for fashion and lifestyle. The two companies have joined forces to unveil the first-ever pieces from Zalando’s private label Anna Field made with Circ Lyocell – a next-gen material derived in part from recycled polycotton textile waste.

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H&M Group joins Circulose as scaling partner to make circularity at scale a reality

Circulose has entered a multi-year partnership with H&M Group - marking another pivotal step in scaling circular materials within the fashion industry.

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New bike backpack from VAUDE with innovative polyamide from BASF

The new TRAILCONTROL ZERO 20+ bike backpack from VAUDE, the leading manufacturer of sustainable outdoor clothing and equipment, sets new standards in collaboration with BASF. For the manufacturing of the backpack, VAUDE uses BASF's innovative Ultramid® ZeroPCF, a polyamide (PA) 6 with a Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) of zero.

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RE&UP hosts industry dialogue on scaling textile recycling at Future Fabrics Expo

At this year’s Future Fabrics Expo, RE&UP brought together stakeholders from across the value chain for a private breakfast session titled: “Yesterday’s garments, today’s raw materials – what’s holding us back?”

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Syre announces Gap Inc., Houdini, and Target as strategic Launch Partners to accelerate the great textile shift

Syre, the textile impact company hyperscaling textile-to-textile recycling, today announces a strategic partnership with Gap Inc., Houdini Sportswear, and Target as part of its commercial launch. The Launch Partners will play a critical role in bringing circular polyester to the broader market, accelerating adoption, and shaping the future of the textile industry.

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Circ® and Selenis enter strategic partnership to scale textile-to-textile polyester production in Europe

Circ®, a global textile-to-textile recycling leader, today announced a strategic partnership with?Selenis, a global polyester manufacturing company based in Portugal, to toll and polymerize thousands of metric tons of Circ Polyester at industrial scale. This agreement significantly advances the commercial production of Circ Polyester in Europe and marks a major milestone in the company’s mission to scale circular alternatives to both polyester and man-made cellulosics (lyocell) in the fashion supply chain.

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Circulose launches CIRCULOSE® Forward to accelerate adoption in fashion supply chains

As part of its mission to evolve from a pulp producer to a full solution provider, Circulose is taking a bold step toward scaling circular solutions in the fashion industry with the launch of CIRCULOSE® Forward - a platform of practical tools that help brands seamlessly integrate CIRCULOSE® into their supply chains and products.

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Circulose partners with Mango to build circularity at scale

Circulose has partnered with Mango as the first Scaling Partners since the restart, a major step toward accelerating the adoption of circular materials in the global fashion industry.
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