Reju collaborates with six textile mills

Textile-to-textile regeneration company Reju, owned by Technip Energies, has teamed up with six textile mills to advance textile-to-textile recycling at industrial scale. The six mills are A. Sampaio, RDD Textiles and Tintex Textiles from Portugal; FOV Fabrics from Sweden; Swisstex Direct from Los Angeles and El Salvador; and Utenos Trikotazas from Lithuania.

The collaboration provides Reju with access to mills spanning circular knit design, chain-of-custody verified recycling, high-volume jersey production and sustainability-certified dyeing and finishing. In short, the manufacturing capabilities needed to move regenerated polyester from raw material into finished, market-ready fabric at scale in order to accelerate the integration of regenerated polyester into the global textile supply chain.

High quality, regenerated polyester...

“Every selected mill with whom we are working adds to our circular textile system,” comments Reju CEO Patrik Frisk in a press release. “As plans for Reju's future Regeneration Hub network grows, so will our ability to deliver a consistent, high-quality regenerated polyester that manufacturers and brands can then build on".

A. Sampaio is a 79-year-old leader in circular knitted fabrics based in Santo Tirso, Porto, while Barcelos-based RDD Textiles is a seamless and circular knit producer with certifications for recycled content traceability. Certified B Corp Tintex Textiles from northern Portugal specialises in smart jersey fabrics with advanced, lower-impact dyeing and finishing technologies.

FOV Fabrics, based in textile city Borås in southwestern Sweden, manufactures high-tech woven fabrics for demanding technical and functional applications. Swisstex Direct is a sustainable knitting, dyeing and finishing provider based in Los Angeles, California and El Salvador. Utenos Trikotazas is a vertically integrated circular knit fabric and garment manufacturer based in Utena in northeastern Lithuania.

... for mainstream adoption

“By bringing mills like these into our ecosystem, we can turn regenerated material into real product,” adds Frisk. “It's how we close the loop, not just in theory, but from textile waste to finished fabric.”

With access to this expanded manufacturing network, Reju’s aim is to position itself to deliver regenerated polyester at the quality and scale required for mainstream adoption, while the mills reduce their reliance on virgin raw materials, thus meeting brands’ and regulatory pressures, and save costs.