Advanced Textile Sorting Powered by Data: NewRetex develops and delivers fully automated textile sorting systems built on AI, sensor fusion, and real-time data processing. Our technology identifies and separates textiles by fiber composition, color, and quality, creating standardized, traceable outputs ready for recycling and production. From Fiber to Product-Level Sorting: Our systems go beyond material identification. Using advanced image recognition and machine learning, we classify textiles at product and style level, enabling automated sorting for reuse markets based on garment type and category to decrease manual sorting. This allows operators to extract higher-value fractions for resale, while simultaneously generating detailed data on product categories, reuse potential, and material flows. Data is the New Raw Material: Every item processed generates structured data. From fiber composition to product type and quality grading, our platform provides full transparency into textile streams, enabling documentation, traceability, and smarter decision-making across the value chain. Built for Industrial Scale: Our sorting lines are designed for high-capacity operations, helping waste management companies and recyclers handle growing textile volumes driven by EU regulation. From Sorting to Supply Chains: By combining technology, data, and material expertise, NewRetex bridges the gap between waste and new production, delivering reliable input for fiber-to-fiber recycling and high-quality reuse markets.
MUSTHAD
Musthad is a SaaS platform that helps fashion companies optimize and make circular the management of textile waste and excess inventory. The platform transforms excess into efficiency by enabling the activation, monitoring, and reporting of circular supply chains, while reducing hidden operational costs.
Municipality of Prato
Prato is a vibrant city that combines a rich industrial heritage with innovative sustainability initiatives. Known for its textile and fashion industry, the city is embracing the future through circular economy practices and environmental responsibility, positioning itself as a global leader in both sectors. CITY PROFILE: PRATO – Population: 198,034 inhabitants – Area: 97.56 km² – Population density: 2,069 inhabitants/km2 – 2nd most populous city in Tuscany – 3rd largest city in Central Italy by population – 15th largest city in Italy by number of residents – Foreign residents: 44,507 – Nationalities represented: 125 – Leading province in Italy for the highest percentage of foreign residents – Chinese residents: 27,829 – 3rd largest Chinese community in Europe (after London and Paris) TEXTILE & FASHION INDUSTRY HUB Key Facts: – World’s largest Textile & Fashion (T&M) district – 7,104 active companies in the sector – 2,548 textile companies – 4,571 clothing companies – 42,967 employees – €2.465 billion in exports – 3% of Europe’s textile production Prato is internationally renowned for its leadership in the textile and fashion industry, maintaining a robust and continually evolving production system. GREEN TRANSITION AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN PRATO Prato is leading in sustainability and circular economy initiatives: – 22,000 tons of textile waste recycled annually – 1st plant in Italy for the recovery of urban and industrial wastewater: GIDA (Water Treatment Plant Management), recovering 6 million cubic meters of water each year – Under construction: a textile waste recovery hub – Circular economy focus since 2020: Prato has become a “Circular City,” involving local stakeholders in sustainability efforts Prato has also been selected by the European Commission as one of the 100 European cities to participate in the mission to achieve “100 smart cities with zero climate impact by 2030.”
Matterr GmbH
matterr revolutionizes recycling with its patented revolPET and RevolTex technologies, turning polyester and PET waste into high-quality monomers. By breaking down mixed PET waste, it enables true circularity and reduces the need for virgin materials. | matterr is a technology company specializing in chemical polyester recycling. Through an innovative depolymerization process, the company converts mixed PET waste—including polyester textiles and multilayer packaging—back into its fundamental building blocks: terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol. These are then purified and repolymerized into high-quality polyester using existing production facilities. In doing so, matterr is laying the groundwork for a truly circular economy—one in which waste becomes a valuable resource and fossil raw materials are permanently replaced. The company’s goal is to make polyester an infinite resource: technologically advanced, ecologically impactful, and industrially scalable. After its successful implementation in Germany, matterr aims to make its technology available internationally through licensing models, accelerating its global adoption.
Matoha
Matoha Instrumentation exists to solve a practical problem at the heart of textile recycling: we do not know, with enough certainty, what materials are really moving through the system. Matoha builds technology that identifies textiles at garment level, where decisions are actually made. Not in laboratories. Not in theory. On sorting tables, in live operations, under real-world conditions. Each scan replaces assumption with evidence. But identification alone is not enough. What matters is what follows. Every garment scanned becomes a data point. Over time, those data points create a clear, traceable picture of material flows: what fibres appear, in what volumes, at what quality, and where they go next. This is garment-level tracking and tracing, built from the ground up. That information changes behaviour. Sorters work with greater confidence. Recyclers plan with clearer inputs. Brands gain insight into post-consumer reality, rather than relying on models or averages. Decisions improve because the data improves. Matoha’s approach is deliberately grounded. The tools are simple to use, the outputs are practical, and the aim is progress rather than spectacle. In an industry full of ambition, we focus on delivery. At events, we show what already works. Real garments. Real scans. Real data. Because the transition to circular textiles will not be driven by promises, but by infrastructure that earns trust through use.
Material Return
Material Return is your solution for custom circularity. We work with local manufacturers and national brands to transform textile waste into new products – all within 75 miles. Our model benefits the environment, local economies, our workers, and our values-aligned clients.
Matco Chemicals
MATCO CHEMICALS group is an all-round service & solutions provider to the chemical industry. MATCO CHEMICALS produces tailor-made compounds & additives and is an undisputed leader in tailormade latex formulation solutions in Europe and the Middle East. MATCO CHEMICALS also provides sourcing & trading services, valorization of overdue / off-spec chemicals and collection & management of (hazardous) chemical waste (in Belgium). MATCO CHEMICALS has recently developed a removable and recyclable latex for use in carpets.
MASIAS MAQUINARIA SL
For over 80 years, Masias Maquinaria has been leading innovation in fibre processing solutions. Today, our focus is firmly set on circularity and sustainable manufacturing. We design machinery that enables mattress and textile producers to transform their production scraps into valuable new products, reducing waste and optimizing resources. Innovation and customized solutions define our DNA. This approach has positioned us as experts in delivering turnkey projects across key sectors: comfort fabrics, non-woven fabrics, production waste recycling, and filling production for the garment industry. We assist our clients in improving and enhancing their production systems while advancing the transition to circular production models that reduce waste and minimize dependence on virgin materials.
MASIAS MAQUINARIA, S.L.
For over 80 years, Masias Maquinaria has been leading innovation in fibre processing solutions. Today, our focus is firmly set on circularity and sustainable manufacturing. We design machinery that enables mattress and textile producers to transform their production scraps into valuable new products, reducing waste and optimizing resources. Innovation and customized solutions define our DNA. This approach has positioned us as experts in delivering turnkey projects across key sectors: comfort fabrics, non-woven fabrics, production waste recycling, and filling production for the garment industry. We assist our clients in improving and enhancing their production systems while advancing the transition to circular production models that reduce waste and minimize dependence on virgin materials.