#Recycling / Circular Economy

2025-06-19

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.

Fabrics made from CIRCULOSE © 2025 CIRCULOSE®

The partnership marks a milestone in Mango's commitment to sustainable fashion, aligning with its long-term strategy to transition towards a circular model and to reduce its environmental impact. This collaboration reflects the brand’s commitment to shifting a meaningful share of their MMCF use to fibers made with CIRCULOSE®.

CIRCULOSE® is a regenerated material made from 100% discarded textiles that enables fashion brands to reduce their reliance on virgin fibers while maintaining high standards of quality and design.

“We’re proud to partner with the forward-thinking brand Mango and support their high ambitions in circularity. Their strong commitment brings us one step closer to restarting the factory and sets a powerful example for the industry. We hope it will inspire other brands to follow their lead.” says Jonatan Janmark, CEO of Circulose.

“We’re proud to be the first brand to partner in Circulose’s new phase and look forward to working closely together to advance our shared circularity goal”. says Andrés Fernández, Sustainability and Sourcing Director at Mango. “This collaboration marks a significant step on our sustainability roadmap as we strive to exclusively use fibres with lower environmental impact by 2030 and reflects our commitment to fostering a more circular and responsible fashion ecosystem, where innovation and environmental stewardship go hand in hand.”

This partnership builds on Circulose’s strengthened commercial strategy, which focuses on forging closer brand partnerships, introducing an innovative pricing model, and offering expanded support services.

The new pricing model, developed in collaboration with Fashion for Good and Canopy as part of a joint initiative to accelerate the shift to next-gen materials, requires brands to license CIRCULOSE® to access the fiber. It is specifically designed to reduce pricing friction and drive adoption at scale, shifting from limited capsule collections to large-scale adoption of next-gen materials.

The license also includes services that support large-scale implementation, such as transition planning, supply chain orchestration, and traceability.

Circulose and CTA announce collaboration to enable lyocell fibers using CIRCULOSE® pulp

Circulose has announced an agreement with China Textile Academy Green Fibre (CTA) to offer lyocell fibers produced using CIRCULOSE® pulp. Producing lyocell from recycled pulp at commercial scale is an important step in making textile-to-textile recycled materials available across a wider range of textile applications.

Circulose restarts commercial-scale production at Ortviken plant in Sundsvall

Circulose today announced the restart of its commercial-scale production plant at Ortviken in Sundsvall, Sweden, marking a significant step in scaling next-generation materials for the global fashion industry. The company plans to resume production of CIRCULOSE®, a recycled pulp made entirely from discarded cotton textiles, in the fourth quarter of 2026.

20 Start-Ups selected for CEMATEX Start-Up Grant at ITMA 2027

CEMATEX has selected 20 emerging start-ups from nine countries to receive the CEMATEX Start-Up Grant and showcase their innovations at Start-Up Valley during ITMA 2027 in Hanover. Their participation will be fully funded by CEMATEX, giving promising early-stage companies access to the world’s leading textile and garment technology platform.

Moving Advanced Recycling from Innovation to Implementation

The Advanced Recycling Conference 2026 explores technologies, markets, financing and scale-up of innovative recycling solutions for waste streams including mixed plastic waste, textiles and PVC. Europe’s chemical and materials sector faces growing pressure to close carbon loops, strengthen raw-material safety and resilience and meet increasingly ambitious EU recycling targets. Against this backdrop, the Advanced Recycling Conference (ARC) will bring together industry leaders, technology providers, researchers, innovators and policy-makers on 17–18 November 2026 in Cologne, Germany.

EFI and Agfa’s DPS Business to combine andform a global, full-service industrial inkjet company

Electronics for Imaging, Inc. (“EFI”), a leading industrial inkjet business and portfolio company of Siris, and Agfa-Gevaert (“Agfa”) today announced a definitive agreement to combine Agfa’s Digital Printing Solutions business (“Agfa DPS”) with EFI. An affiliate of Siris will hold a 60% interest and Agfa will hold a 40% interest in the jointly held company, which will bring together the operating capabilities of EFI and Agfa DPS under a governance structure whereby Siris and Agfa will act as equal partners.

KARL MAYER invites the Global Textile Industry to celebrate its 90th anniversary at its German Headquarters in 2027

KARL MAYER is turning its anniversary year 2027 into a milestone for the textile sector. To mark its 90th anniversary, the industry leader is inviting customers, partners, and experts from around the world to a unique event series in September aimed at pushing boundaries, unlocking new opportunities, and jointly setting the course for a new era in textiles – just as KARL MAYER has done throughout its history. The company’s headquarters in Obertshausen, near Frankfurt, is the place to be.

ITMF names three winners of the Sustainability & Innovation Award 2026

Three projects from the UK, Korea and China have been selected as winners of the ITMF Sustainability & Innovation Award 2026. The projects address textile-to-textile recycling, chemical recycling for automotive textiles and a regenerative approach combining silk production with ecological restoration.