Mechanical Recycling Platform
CETI’s Mechanical Recycling platform provides industrial players with pilot and pre-industrial capabilities to develop, validate and scale up solutions for the mechanical recycling of textile waste.
“The platform supports the transformation of post-industrial, pre-consumer and post-consumer textile waste into new textile resources, contributing to the development of a new generation of recycled textiles.
Designed for applied R&D, industrial validation and circular economy projects, this platform enables the valorisation of diverse textile waste streams across multiple industrial sectors.”
Applications & industrial use cases
The Mechanical Recycling platform supports a wide range of industrial development and validation activities.
Mechanical recycling of textile waste made of natural, artificial or synthetic fibers
Development of recycled fiber streams for textile and nonwoven applications
Valorisation of complex or heterogeneous textile waste streams
Development of open-loop and closed-loop recycling solutions
Incorporation of recycled raw materials into new textile products
Production of representative recycled fibers for prototyping and pre-industrial validation
How CETI uses this platform
CETI uses this platform to carry out technical development and validation work on mechanical textile recycling processes.
It enables feasibility studies, process optimisation and qualification of recycled fibers under industrially relevant conditions.
The platform supports both product-oriented and process-oriented recycling developments.
Activities are conducted by expert teams combining know-how in fibers, recycling processes and textile engineering.
The platform supports integrated technical services within CETI’s service offerings.
Looking to develop, validate or scale up a textile solution? CETI teams are available to discuss your project and identify the most relevant technical approach.
Mechanical recycling capabilities
The Mechanical Recycling platform combines equipment and expertise at CETI and its subsidiary CETIA to support the preparation, mechanical recycling and valorisation of textile waste.
It integrates:
Automated sorting by colour and composition,
Textile and footwear dismantling, and
mechanical fiber recovery through industrial fraying technologies.
These capabilities enable:
The development and validation of recycling processes,
The incorporation of recycled raw materials into new products, and
Support for both open-loop and closed-loop recycling strategies across all textile application sectors.
This integrated approach delivers pragmatic, industrially viable and scalable recycling solutions.
Associated platforms
The Mechanical Recycling platform is integrated within CETI’s broader technological ecosystem.
Compounding / Spinning / Fibers
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Nonwovens
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Thermomechanical Recycling
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Yarn Spinning / Weaving / Knitting
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Characterization & Performance Measurement
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This integration enables continuity from waste preparation and fiber recovery to material transformation and textile validation.
Links to expertise & services
This platform supports several areas of CETI expertise, including mechanical recycling, recycled fibers, circular textiles and textile process engineering.
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Synthetic & natural fibers
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Textile innovation
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Recycling & Eco-design
The Mechanical Recycling platform is mobilised across CETI’s service offerings.
Our services
Research and development / Engineering / consulting
Technology and market monitoring, innovation design, design thinking, modeling, specification control, eco-design.
Prototyping /
pre-production / INDUSTRIAL TRANSFER
Custom-built, optimal value chain solutions for your projects. Circular textile creativity, tailored to each sector and each process.