![mb-161005-ThinkstockPhotos-86512230 Turning something old into something new: this recycling technique creates new fibers.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_width_phone/public/b/79/18/79187090-imageData.jpg?itok=iyIBqISg)
Fouriertransform, the Swedish government-owned investment company, together with the private investor Girincubator, have recently announced a SEK 48 million (Euros 4.98 Million) investment in the Swedish innovation company re:newcell. The investment is used to build the world’s first production line for textile pulp from recycled textiles, making 100% circular garments a reality.
Re-newcell the company, through this co-operation, has accomplished a new ground breaking recycling process of recycling cotton and other cellulosic textiles such as viscose into new textile fibers. The first re:newcell production of a fully recycled garment was presented at a fashion show during the first week in July on Gotland, Sweden in 2014. The garment was a breakthrough for the textile recycling industry.
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”re:newcell is fully in line with Fouriertransform’s strategy to invest in world-class manufacturing industry with high innovation and opportunity for global growth. The technology represents a potentially important future circular solution to responsibly manage the challenge to meet the growing world demand for cotton textiles, which is a limited resource for the fashion and textile industry," said Per Aniansson, Investment Director Fouriertransform.
![mb-161005-From-textile-to-renewcell-pulp-to-renewcell-lyocell-fibre A new recycling process turns cotton and viscose into new textile fibers.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_column_width_phone/public/b/79/18/79186838-imageData.jpg?itok=ppKiqIjC)
"The goal with re:newcell is to be part of creating a modern textile industry with resource-efficient processes and materials. It is with great pleasure that we take the next step in its development, with a first production line and a very strong ownership," says Malcolm Norlin, co-founder of re:newcell and Chairman of Girincubator.
The technology originates from research and development by Prof. Mikael Lindström, Prof. Gunnar Henriksson and Dr. Christofer Lindgren, of KTH in Stockholm.