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Igers opens Italian textile recycling facility offering multiple treatment phases


Italian company Igers has opened a new textile sorting and recycling facility in San Pietro Mosezzo. The total investment is about €8m. Inaugurated on 21 Septem-


ber, the facility is the first plant in Italy to include all treatment phases of textile recycling, producing high-quality flakes and frayed material with full traceability. In the first stage, post-industrial and post-con- sumer items are sorted by fibre and colour using optical technology, processing at 4 m/s and performing material analysis with automated separation in ballistic chambers. The second step mechani-


cally separates fabric from packaging and accessories using software control. The material is then ripped, split, and further separated in mixing tanks with vortex air.


for the downstream equipment and supporting both process efficiency and the final quality. “Stadler worked with us not


Opening event at the new textile sorting and recycling facility in San Pietro Mosezzo. Image: Stadler


In the final stage, fibres are


stretched by a condenser, then processed into flakes, wadding, or nonwoven fabric for 100% recycling. Each batch is traceable and recorded in blockchain via software. Stadler was technology


partner to Igers throughout the entire design phase, from the earliest discussions on


objectives and process requirements through to a plant layout custom designed to fit the existing building. The sorting line Stadler installed comprises two dosing units, two Tomra NIR optical sorters, and 16 conveyors. Stadler said the line provides a continuous, homogeneous material flow, creating more stable conditions


simply as a supplier, but as a technology partner, understand- ing the specific requirements of a project that is both new and ambitious within the Italian context,” said Gian Luca Miceli, CEO of Igers. “The distinctive value of our process lies in the integration of impurity separation, technology-based material sorting, mechanical regeneration, and digital traceability. We do not consider these stages as isolated activities; they are parts of a single system that enables more accurate decisions to be made about the destination of each material stream.” •www.igerssrl.it • https://w-stadler.de •www.tomra.com


HKRITA signs MoU with partners at expo in first adoption of Green Machine 4.0 technology


At the Textiles Recycling Expo in Brussels in June, the Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Jeanologia and Looptworks to build a commercial ecosystem around its Green Machine 4.0 textile recycling technology. The agreement brings together


HKRITA’s hydrothermal process for separating cotton-polyester blends, Jeanologia’s industrial machinery expertise and Looptworks’ operational recycling capability. The partners said the initiative is intended to move the technology beyond research and into scalable industrial use. Jake Koh, CEO of HKRITA, said the


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partnership marked “a decisive shift from research to commercialisation”. Enrique Silla, Jeanologia’s founder and CEO, said textile-to-textile recycling should become part of the industry’s “pre-competitive space”.


In addition, Looptworks founder and CEO Scott Hamlin said the technology showed that circular solutions could be both environmentally practical and economically viable. Green Machine 4.0 can recover


polyester at 98% or higher purity from cotton-polyester textiles without harmful processes, according to HKRITA. Jeanologia will support the project with industry- ready machinery engineered to European


standards, while Looptworks will act as a prospective adopter, turning pre- and post-consumer textiles into GRS-certified fibres. For fashion brands, recyclers and


manufacturers, the collaboration offers a route to process blended materials that have historically been difficult to recycle and to reintroduce recovered fibres into supply chains at commercial volumes. HKRITA said it is inviting textile


recyclers, fashion brands and manufacturing partners to join the ecosystem as it looks to expand adoption of the technology. • www.hkrita.com •www.jeanologia.com • https://looptworks.com


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