The award recognizes a collaboration between a recycler and a value chain partner working together to close the loop through shared commitment, investment, and innovation, helping to scale preferred recycled systems with the potential to shift both practice and perception across the industry.

The joint venture was recognized as a transformative model for textile-to-textile circularity in the Americas. The partnership combines Recover’s pioneering recycled cotton fiber technology with Intradeco’s vertically integrated manufacturing platform to establish a regional circular hub in El Salvador. This hub, Recover™ Central America, serves the growing need for sustainable, traceable, and nearshore production across the Western Hemisphere.

Located at the heart of the CAFTA region, the new operation is dedicated to the efficient, scalable production of high-quality recycled fiber. It is designed to reduce lead times and carbon emissions while enhancing supply chain resilience for global brands. The facility also supports compliance with emerging U.S. regulations such as the UFLPA by providing a transparent and ethical fiber supply.

Recover™ brings decades of recycling expertise, traceability technology, and third party-verified environmental data. Intradeco contributes local leadership, market access, and end-to-end apparel manufacturing capabilities that complement the joint venture’s focus on fiber production. Together, the partners have built a transparent, efficient, and scalable supply chain rooted in circularity, one that maximizes efficiency, minimizes impact, and strengthens regional textile ecosystems.

Recover™ Central America goes beyond infrastructure. It delivers measurable impact, helping brands meet the growing demand for recycled content while advancing sustainability and speed-to-market goals, without compromising product quality or performance.

The partnership marks a major milestone in the journey toward circularity. By integrating recycled fiber production within a regional manufacturing network, Recover™ Central America is proving that circular systems can be practical, profitable, and scalable, setting a precedent for how global supply chains can evolve from linear and extractive to circular and regenerative.

This recognition celebrates not only the collaboration between Recover™ and Intradeco, but also the broader systems change it represents, accelerating progress toward a more sustainable, closed-loop future for the textile industry.