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Recover™, a global producer of recycled cotton fiber and cotton fiber blends headquartered in Madrid, Spain, announced the opening of a new manufacturing facility in Vietnam. Opening this facility is part of the company’s global expansion plan, and it is set to be operational by early 2025.
Situated in the Dong Nai province, the factory’s location was chosen due to Vietnam’s role in the global textile industry as the third-largest textile exporter worldwide. With this new facility, Recover positions itself close to both textile waste sorting and manufacturing operations, reducing the costs and footprint tied to shipping.
The factory will feature Recover’s recycling technology and initially operate with two recycling lines, providing an annual production capacity of 10,000 metric tons (11,023 U.S. tons). One of the facility’s primary products will be RMix, Recover’s recycling solution for cotton-polyester blends. This process eliminates the need to separate fibers, overcoming a long-standing industry challenge in polycotton recycling.
“Our expansion into Vietnam is a crucial step in our strategic business plan,” says Anders Sjöblom, CEO at Recover. “Circularity is currently an underutilized tool for the Vietnamese textiles industry, and by bringing our advanced technology to a key textile hub, we are not only enhancing how we serve our customers by expanding our global manufacturing footprint but also creating a positive shift towards circularity in Vietnam.”
Recover first expanded its operations with a second manufacturing facility in Bangladesh in 2022.