Category: FIBRES
Country: India
Region: Asia Pacific
By Haydn Davis
1st November 2023
ENSCHEDE - Textile recycling specialist SaXcell and viscose manufacturer Birla Cellulose have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at increasing the production of recycled, man-made cellulosic fibres.
The partnership will see a combination of SaXcell's textile waste pulping technology combined with Birla's advanced wet spinning expertise which, the companies hope, will result in the commercial availability of high quality, sustainable 'SaXcell' recycled fibres for the textile sector.
Erik van der Weerd, CEO SaXcell highlighted how the collaboration fits SaXcell’s vision to set up a robust, circular textile supply chain. "To address today’s social and environmental challenges of the textile industry, global collaboration is imperative," he said. "We need to facilitate a change from a linear to a circular economy and we need to do it now.
"SaXcell’s and Birla’s combined innovation force and production power offer a great opportunity to create real impact.”
Aspi Patel, chief technology officer, Aditya Birla Group and Birla Cellulose added: "Birla Cellulose is strongly committed to support innovators for expanding circular fibre offerings in the textile and nonwoven value chain.
"We have been exploring innovative business models and partnerships and this collaboration is one such initiative where we aim to help SaXcell leapfrog from pilot to commercial demonstration scale.
"Such partnerships will play an increasingly important role in accelerating circularity in global textile value chain.”
SaXcell, a spin-off from the Saxion University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands, chemically recycles consumer textile waste into regenerated virgin-quality fibre.
With backing from two Dutch firms and three Turkish textile companies, it currently operates a pilot plant where upwards of 50 tonnes of pulp are being produced over the next two years.
Its aim is to expand with the construction of a small-scale production plant in Enschede, The Netherlands in 2024.
Courtesy: Ecotextile.com
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