Nouvelles Fibres Textiles wins 2024 Refashion's Industrial Challenge

The industrial startup Nouvelles Fibres Textiles was born from the shared ambition of Tissages de Charlieu and Synergies TLC to industrialize end-of-life textile recycling locally and to develop a true circular economy in the region, in collaboration with our partners Andritz Laroche (manufacturer of recycling machinery) and Pellenc ST (manufacturer of automated sorting equipment).

A WORD FROM THE GENERAL DIRECTOR

« Our challenge through this initiative was to automatically assess end-of-first-life textiles in order to give them the highest possible environmental, social, and economic value. »

Antoine Saint-Pierre – General Director at Nouvelles Fibres Textiles

PARETO PROJECT's OBJECTIVES

Characterize automatically and disassemble end-of-life textiles to prepare them for recycling and restore their value.

The goal of PARETO project (Optimized Textile Resource Platform) is also to scale up post-sorting at the output of sorting centers to accelerate the emergence of efficient recycling channels.

Type of CHF covered: Clothing textiles and household linen

Stage in the recovery chain: Automatic disassembly and sorting by material and color for recycling purposes

Outlets (markets): Textiles sorted and disassembled according to the specifications of recycling clients (open-loop and closed-loop: textiles, non-wovens, insulation, plastics, etc.)

Final product (if applicable): Textile clips without hard points, pre-shredded or densified fiber

Financial support from Refashion:

1 000 000 €

Project duration:

26 months

The project in 3 phases

Scaling up Nouvelles Fibres Textiles' solutions for advanced sorting and recycling preparation:

2024 capacity: 1,000 tonnes
End of 2025 capacity: 7,500 tonnes
2026/2027 capacity: 25,000 tonnes