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Lenzing and Renewcell sign large-scale supply agreement
December 7th, 2022
The Lenzing Group, supplier of sustainably produced specialty fibers, and Renewcell, the Swedish textile-to-textile recycling pioneer, have today signed a multi-year supply agreement to accelerate the transition of the textile industry from a linear to a circular business model. The agreement contains the sale of 80,000 to 100,000 tonnes of Renewcell’s 100% recycled textile Circulose® […]
Renewcell and Eastman sign letter of intent
November 18th, 2022
The Swedish textile-to-textile recycling pioneer Renewcell has signed a Letter of Intent with Eastman, a cellulosic acetate fiber producer, for a collaboration to develop Naia™ Renew ES yarns sourced from Circulose®, Renewcell’s 100-percent recycled textile raw material. The agreement is Renewcell’s first with a US-based fiber producer and an important step in developing the first […]
Paper technology turns old clothes into new fabrics
April 1st, 2022
Circulose pulp made from shredded clothing. The textile industry is taking a page from the pulp and paper industry. Sweden-based Renewcell has developed a sustainable process that recycles waste textiles into a product called Circulose, whose name is the tip-off that it’s aimed at making fashion circular. The company has restarted a shuttered paper mill […]
Renewcell and Tangshan Sanyou to produce Circulose textile-to-textile recycled fibers
February 1st, 2021
An agreement between Swedish-based Renewcell and Chinese viscose manufacturer Tangshan Sanyou was a key factor in the securing of funding for a new Renewcell plant that will recycle millions of shirts into Circulose® dissolving pulp. Photo: Renewcell. Swedish fashion recycling innovator Renewcell has reached an agreement with the leading Chinese viscose manufacturer Tangshan Sanyou to […]