Centexbel-VKC is a collective research and technical center that aims to reinforce the competitive position of the textile & plastic converting companies. To fulfil this mission, Centexbel-VKC offers an extensive range of services to the industry, including research & development, testing, certification, consultancy, and training. Centexbel-VKC employs 180 enthusiastic, highly educated men and women. Through continuous innovation in process and products, Centexbel-VKC’s R&D ranges from basic research to applied research; always keeping in mind the industrial needs and opportunities. Sustainability is a common thread in our activities; especially in our research strategy, which is implemented by recycling materials, focusing on resource efficiency and environmentally friendly materials and processes. In short, Centexbel-VKC helps your company to translate ideas into concrete concepts and products. We will also test their quality, composition, recyclability and legal conformity and verify together with you the necessity and manner in which to proceed to protect your intellectual property rights.
CDC STUDIO SRL
CDC Studio is an innovation hub pioneering circular solutions for textile waste generated by the fashion and manufacturing industries. Powered by its patented MIKTÒS technology, CDC Studio gives new life to mixed textile waste—production offcuts and unsold inventory—by transforming it into a high-performance thermoplastic polymer. This breakthrough material offers a sustainable alternative to virgin plastic, enabling the creation of durable, next-generation products with a significantly reduced environmental footprint.
CARBIOS
CARBIOS is a pioneering biotech company transforming the future of textile recycling through enzyme-based solutions. Focusing on polyester (PET), CARBIOS has developed a breakthrough biorecycling process that breaks down PET into its original monomers. In collaboration with major brands in a “fiber-to-fiber” consortium On, Patagonia, PUMA, PVH Corp., and Salomon, CARBIOS produced the world’s first biorecycled garment, marking a major milestone in sustainable fashion. With its demonstration plant operational since 2021 and the world’s first industrial biorecycling facility planned to restart construction in 2025, CARBIOS is accelerating the transition to a circular economy for textiles. | Carbios is a pioneering biotech company transforming the future of textile recycling through enzyme-based solutions. Focusing on polyester (PET), Carbios has developed a breakthrough biorecycling process that breaks down PET into its original monomers. In collaboration with major brands in a “fiber-to-fiber” consortium On, Patagonia, PUMA, PVH Corp., and Salomon, Carbios produced the world’s first biorecycled garment, marking a major milestone in sustainable fashion. Let’s accelerate the transition to a circular economy for textiles.
Brightfiber Textiles
Brightfiber Textiles is a circular B2B supplier of fibers, yarns, fabrics, and collections. The company operates within a fully closed-loop system, where local post-consumer textiles are transformed into new collections. Visit the website for more information
Brighi Group
Brighi Group designs and manufactures machines for home textile, bedding, upholstery and apparel. We offer a considerable range of products, from single machines to complete line, both semiautomatic and fully automatic. We also offer innovative solutions recycling and in particular, we handle production and post-consumer scraps of different types: textile, foam, garments, bedding and so on. From single machines to complete lines, our solutions are engineered for efficiency and reliability, ensuring superior waste processing across multiple industries.
Bonino Carding Machines
Bonino Carding Machines offers customized solutions and cutting-edge technology in the carding sector. The company philosophy emphasizes in-house production of all components, assembly and testing to ensure quality control and delivery times, and availability of spare parts. Production range includes preparatory machines, carding machines, cross lappers, and drafters, airlay and web formers with a special mention of the historical expertise in wool and cashmere carding sets. In the very first years Bonino priduced many rag tearing complete line as well as Garnett and in the last years Bonino focus is back again also on reycling machines
Bonino Carding Machines SRL
Bonino Carding Machines offers customized solutions and cutting-edge technology in the carding sector. The company philosophy emphasizes in-house production of all components, assembly and testing to ensure quality control and delivery times, and availability of spare parts. Production range includes preparatory machines, carding machines, cross lappers, and drafters, airlay and web formers with a special mention of the historical expertise in wool and cashmere carding sets. In the very first years Bonino priduced many rag tearing complete line as well as Garnett and in the last years Bonino focus is particularly on reycling machines. | ONINO CARDING MACHINES boasts over a century of experience (more than 100 years) in the design and manufacturing of cards and complete machinery lines for the textile and nonwovens industries. The lines are optimized for processing a vast range of fibers, including virgin and regenerated fibers, suitable for both spinning and nonwoven production. The offerings also include specialized products, such as surgical cotton and de-haired cashmere. Tailored Solutions and In-House Manufacturing All BONINO machines are designed and specially tailored to meet the customer’s specific requirements. The company ensures important consultation and detailed planning with its experts. Manufacturing is carried out entirely within its own production departments, utilizing the most updated technologies. Thanks to the wide range of equipment manufactured in-house, plus additional equipment from leading associates, BONINO can offer complete lines and turnkey projects. The BONINO CARDING MACHINES production range covers several process stages: Recycling: Rotary cutters, rag tearing, garnett, nonwoven recycling openers. Preparatory Machines: bale openers, openers, blending bins, vertical blenders, oiling units, and Willow cards. Carding Machines: Cotton cards, worsted and semi-worsted cards, woollen condenser sets, nonwoven cards, and aerodynamic cards. Cross lappers and drafters.
BlockTexx
BlockTexx® is a clean technology company that separates polyester and cotton from post consumer blended textiles to deliver textile to textile products through supply chains in Asia. Our S.O.F.T.™ (separation of fibre technology) process is proven at commercial scale (10kta plant) supported by a business model that includes collection, sortation, decommissioning and a proprietary blockchain system for full traceability and provenance.
BioCircular Materials Alliance
The BioCircular Materials Alliance (BCMA) was founded to harness the transformative power of biology to accelerate the global transition toward a circular future. By bringing together leading brands, manufacturers, and innovators, the Alliance seeks to enable regeneration of biobased waste—including natural fibers—into valuable materials through microbial fermentation and other advanced processes. With a shared vision for a sustainable and circular bioeconomy, the Alliance fosters collaboration, research, and innovation to address some of the most pressing challenges in the industrial use of biomaterials.