STOCKHOLM – Textile recycling innovator Renewcell has confirmed it has ordered €25 million of equipment from Finnish company Valmet Oyj for its new large-scale textile recycling plant in Sweden.
Renewcell announced in October that it had signed a lease agreement to build the new plant, which will create 100 jobs and be capable of recycling 60,000 tons of textiles a year, in the eastern city of Sundsvall.
The company’s patented technology chemically recycles garments with high cellulosic content to yield virgin-equivalent raw material for reuse. Its current recycling plant is at Kristinehamn.
