Syre is a textile impact company on a mission to decarbonize and dewaste the textile industry through textile-to-textile recycling at hyperscale, starting with polyester. At unprecedented speed and scale, Syre aims at driving the green shift of the textile industry to a future where every textile fiber sees a new day. The company’s textile-to-textile recycling solution provides circular polyester with quality on par with virgin polyester, but with a superior sustainability performance. Founded in 2023, Syre is initiated by Vargas and H&M Group. For more information: www.syre.com | Syre is a textile impact company on a mission to decarbonize and dewaste the textile industry through textile-to-textile recycling at hyperscale, starting with polyester. At unprecedented speed and scale, Syre aims at driving the green shift of the textile industry to a future where every textile fiber sees a new day. The company’s textile-to-textile recycling solution provides circular polyester with quality on par with virgin polyester, but with a superior sustainability performance. Founded in 2023, Syre is initiated by H&M Group and Vargas, and backed by founding investors TPG Rise Climate, Giant Ventures, IMAS Foundation, Leitmotif, Norrsken VC, and Volvo Cars. For more information: www.syre.com
Syntetica
Syntetica is a materials company developing green-chemistry recycling technologies to convert mixed plastic waste into high-quality raw materials. Its focus is nylon, widely used in sportswear, lingerie, outdoor gear and automotive components. Most nylon textiles contain blends of nylon 6, nylon 6.6 and elastane, making them difficult to recycle mechanically or chemically. Less than 1% of textile waste becomes new fibres [Textile Exchange, 2024]. Nylon is petroleum-derived with a high carbon footprint, and elastane blends make recovery even harder. Syntetica addresses this with a low-temperature recycling process using proprietary green chemistry. It breaks down mixed nylon and elastane waste to molecular components and rebuilds them into regenerated nylon 6 and nylon 6.6. These materials match virgin nylon mechanically and aesthetically while cutting carbon emissions by up to 80% [Quantis, 2025]. The process also recovers value from elastane and blended materials usually considered unrecyclable, supporting circular textile systems. The regenerated nylon functions as a drop-in replacement compatible with existing manufacturing, allowing adoption without any equipment changes. It can be recycled repeatedly, improving resource efficiency and reducing petroleum dependence. Syntetica materials suit apparel, sportswear, underwear, outdoor textiles and industrial plastics. Based in Paris, it works with Uniqlo, Lycra, Victoria’s Secret and ETAM. With over USD 25 million raised, it is preparing a commercial demonstration facility in France to scale circular, low-carbon plastics.
Spiber
Established in 2007, Spiber is a biotech venture company based in Yamagata, Japan. Dedicated to creating innovative solutions that contribute to sustainable wellbeing, Spiber has developed a new material solution inspired by nature’s diversity and circularity, the “Brewed Protein™” material platform. By harnessing the power of precision fermentation, Spiber engineers proteins at the molecular level, resulting in versatile materials that can be tailored to specific needs. This innovative solution opens up new possibilities for sustainable and high-performance materials in various industries, including apparel, food, automotives, and more. Alongside our partners, Spiber is constantly exploring diverse new applications for Brewed Protein™ materials in order to help pave the way for a brighter future. Our passion lies in fostering a circular economy, minimizing our environmental impact, and working together to build a world that is inclusive, fair, and regenerative.
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden is Sweden’s research institute and innovation partner. Through international collaboration with industry, academia and the public sector, we ensure business competitiveness and contribute to a sustainable society.
RGE-NTU Sustainable Textile Research Centre (SusTex)
The RGE–NTU Sustainable Textile Research Centre (SusTex) is a joint initiative by Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU), established to pioneer solutions for textile recycling and circularity in urban environments. SusTex brings together NTU’s research strengths with RGE’s real-world manufacturing experience to tackle the growing problem of textile waste. By integrating discarded textiles back into the textile cycle, the centre supports a more circular fashion industry, unlocking new possibilities for processed by-products to be used in sectors beyond fashion and textiles.
Resortecs
Resortecs – REcycling, SORting, TEChnologieS – is an ecodesign frontrunner, leading the circular transition in fashion with design for disassembly. We make textile recycling easy for brands, sorters, and recyclers with heat-dissolvable stitching threads and thermal disassembly systems. Automating textile disassembly to simplify and accelerate textile recycling. Through targeted innovations in the way textile products are assembled and disassembled, we help fashion players rise to today’s environmental challenges at the pace and scale Earth needs. All without compromising the creativity, design, and quality of clothing. Resortecs’ thermal disassembly solution is five times faster than traditional disassembly methods and makes it possible to recycle up to 90% of the original fabric material: Smart Stitch™, our range of 16 bio-based and synthetic heat-dissolvable stitching threads, with different melting points (150 °C, 170 °C and 190 °C), enables brands to make products designed for disassembly, repair, and recycling from the manufacturing stage. Smart Disassembly™, our thermal disassembly system, enables recyclers to unlock higher volumes of premium-quality material, processing millions of garments/year with low emissions and no material damage so that fabrics can be used over and over again. Welcome to sustainability’s next level: circularity.
Renew System
Renew System offers cutting-edge chemical recycling technologies that transform waste plastic and textiles into high-quality raw materials. An innovative pre-treatment process for mixed textiles complements our existing depolymerization process. Our solution offers a leap towards plastic circularity that is both scalable and sustainable. | Renew System is a South Korean company offering cutting-edge chemical recycling technologies that transform colored, textile blends, and PET plastic into high-quality raw materials. Our proprietary pre-treatment process for textile blends, that can effectively extract dyes and separate materials from polyester, complements our existing depolymerization demo. Our depolymerization component itself is an upcycling platform that renders DMT from waste PET feedstock, and DOTP, a plasticizer derived from the DMT. Our solution offers a leap towards textile-to-textile, bottle-to-bottle circularity that is both scalable and sustainable.
REJU S.A.S.
Reju is a textile-to-textile materials regeneration company focusing on creating innovative solutions for recycling post-consumer polyester textiles and PET waste. Owned by Technip Energies and utilizing technology developed with IBM research, Reju aims to establish a global circular textile system to address PET plastic found in post-consumer textile waste.
Recyc’Elit
Recyc’Elit is a french company that has developed a low impact chemical recycling process for complex (multifiber) polyester-based textiles, currently landfilled or incinerated. As the process is selective to polyester, co-materials (elastane, cotton, polyamide…) remain intact. Recyc’Elit has a pre-industrial demonstrator able to recycle between 10 and 30 tons per year. | Recyc’Elit is a french company that has developed a low impact chemical recycling process for complex (multi-fiber) polyester-based textiles, currently landfilled or incinerated. As the process is selective to polyester, co-materials (elastane, cotton, polyamide…) remain intact. Our process enables the valorization of both PET and co-materials. Recyc’Elit has a pre-industrial demonstrator able to recycle more than 10 tons per year.