#Recycling / Circular Economy

2023-11-30

Purfi secures the Trends Impact Award for circular economy 2023!

At the recent Trends Impact Awards ceremony in Brussels Expo, Purfi was honored with the prestigious Trends Impact Award in the Circular Economy category. The event celebrated businesses that make significant sustainable impacts through their pioneering projects. Our win marks a significant achievement for our team, underlining our commitment to sustainable business practices.

Advancing Sustainable Business Models

The Trends Impact Awards, a collaboration between Trends, founding partner PwC, and with the support of Antwerp Management School, were instituted to assist businesses in transforming their operations into sustainable business models and to recognize impact-driven entrepreneurs striving for societal change.

Purfi's recognition in the Circular Economy category serves as a testament to our ongoing efforts to contribute positively to the circular economy, focusing on the processing of post-industrial, pre-consumer, and post-consumer waste, particularly in cotton, aramids, meta-aramids, and denim textiles.

Innovation and Recognition

Purfi's innovative technology for rejuvenating textile fibers, which allows us to process new yarn from post-consumer textile waste while maintaining the fiber's quality and length, impressed the panel of experts. This recognition is a testament to our dedication to finding sustainable solutions for the textile waste issue in the production of fabrics, fibers, and yarns for performance, workwear, and safety applications.

This award serves as a powerful motivation for us to continue finding solutions for the effective management of various types of textile waste.

To learn more about our pioneering work in transforming old fibers into new yarn, you can read the full Trends article here.

Relive the Evening!

Relive the evening with pictures of Leyla Hesna and stay connected with Purfi as we continue to drive sustainable initiatives and shape a better future for generations to come!

“Production is a product”

From technical textiles and AI-driven robotics to the limitations of textile circularity: Professor Dr Thomas Gries looks back on more than two decades of development at ITA Aachen. In the interview, he explains why production technology remains a decisive success factor, discusses international collaborations and innovation ecosystems, and shares his views on the transformation of production landscapes and the challenges facing an increasingly regulated industry.

“We need to move away from the price trap and return to a value-driven mindset.”

With its new Textile Innovation Center, KARL MAYER is sending a strong signal for innovation, collaboration, and the future of textile applications. In this interview, Karl Josef Mayer discusses new opportunities in warp knitting, the processing of staple fibres, recycling, the changing role of machinery manufacturers, and why the textile industry must once again focus more strongly on the value of textiles. by Oliver Schmidt

“Innovation, resilience and international experience remain the great strengths of the Swiss textile machinery industry”

Geopolitical uncertainty, growing competitive pressure from China, new free trade agreements and the shift towards a circular economy are currently reshaping the global textile industry. In this interview, Cornelia Buchwalder discusses the current mood within the Swiss textile machinery sector, the industry’s distinctive innovative strength, new market opportunities in India and Asia, and the technological trends that could shape the upcoming trade fair cycle leading up to ITMA 2027.

Managed workwear services are providing a blueprint for the circular textile economy

Managed workwear service providers are demonstrating how commercial success and circularity can go hand in hand by extending garment lifespans through repair, laundering, reuse and recycling, according to “Managed workwear services—a circular textile economy ahead of the game”, a new 14‑page report from the global business information company Textiles Intelligence.

Eco-design as the foundation of circular textiles

Based on the results of an extensive European analysis, the Erasmus+ project Skills4Circularity is currently developing three practice-based training modules covering recycling technologies, eco-design for the circular economy and sustainable manufacturing. This was preceded by a comprehensive company survey and a joint analysis conducted by the project partners under the leadership of IVGT. The results show that the greatest challenges lie not so much in a lack of technology as in skills gaps.

Usha Yarns secures growth equity investment from Fullerton Carbon Action Fund

Usha Yarns Limited (“Usha Yarns”), a producer of high-quality recycled yarns with advanced, well established production processes, announced a growth equity investment from the Fullerton Carbon Action Fund (“Fullerton”), a private equity strategy managed by Fullerton Fund Management that backs established mid-market companies across Emerging Asia to accelerate decarbonisation.

PERFORMANCE DAYS announces new focus topic & forums for October 2026

With its upcoming October 13–14, 2026 edition, PERFORMANCE DAYS is placing the spotlight on one of the textile industry’s most important transformations: “Bio-Based Materials – From Fiber to Fabric”, a two-part Focus Topic exploring the future of bio-based innovation across the textile value chain. Part 1, presented in October 2026, will focus on fibers and next-generation material developments, while Part 2 at the March 2027 edition will shift the perspective toward dyeing, finishing, additives, and processing technologies.

Febratex 2026 to be the largest edition of the leading textile trade fair in the Americas with 10 exhibition halls

Febratex 2026 will be the largest edition in the history of the leading textile trade fair in the Americas. Dedicated to the textile and apparel manufacturing industries, the event will take place from August 18–21, 2026, in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil, with a strong focus on technology, sustainability, and business generation.

Cotton Brazil Dialogues field trip brings international stakeholders closer to Brazil’s cotton production chain

How do you build trust across the global textile value chain? By opening the farm gates. This is the principle behind the Cotton Brazil Dialogues. At the end of July, the programme welcomed its first group of international participants for a five-day immersion into Brazilian cotton production, combining field visits with technical workshops to showcase the quality, sustainability, innovation and traceability behind one of the world’s leading cotton origins.