SaXcell and Birla Cellulose spearhead sustainable textile innovations at PV Paris

These fibres address the circular textile needs of customers on a commercial scale.

At PV Paris, textile recycling innovator SaXcell showcased fabric and garment samples at the booth of Birla Cellulose, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of man-made cellulosic fibre. The samples were exhibited at the Birla Cellulose booth.

This collaborative effort underscores the successful partnership between SaXcell and Birla Cellulose in the production of recycled man-made cellulosic fibres. SaXcell’s pioneering textile waste pulping technology, combined with Birla’s advanced wet spinning expertise, has resulted in the creation of high-quality sustainable “SaXcell” recycled fibres. These fibres address the circular textile needs of customers on a commercial scale.

Underlining the collaborative approach, Süleyman Kocasert, CMO SaXcell, points out that the partnership has already resulted in SaXcell recycled fibres being available for commercial use. He explains “global collaboration is crucial to address today’s social and environmental challenges of the textile industry. We need to advance the 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 offers a great opportunity to create real impact.”

Following this circularity and sustainability focused collaboration, Dr Aspi Patel, Chief Technology Officer, Aditya Birla Group and Birla Cellulose, points out” Birla Cellulose is strongly committed to join forces with innovators for expanding circular fibre offerings in the textile and non-woven value chain. Such partnerships will play an increasingly important role in accelerating circularity in global textile value chain.”

SaXcell BV is an innovative technology development company that recycles used textiles into feedstock for making new and sustainable man-made cellulosic fibres. Creating the new fibres requires less water, land and chemicals. A team of researchers from Saxion University of Applied Science in Enschede started with SaXcell B.V. in 2015. After extensively testing and improving the technology, a pilot factory was successfully built in 2020. By 2024 SaXcell will further expand by building a Small-Scale Production plant in Enschede, The Netherlands.