Circ®, a leader in textile-to-textile recycling, and PYRATEX®, a next-gen textile R&D company, are strengthening their collaboration to integrate Circ’s recycled fibers into PYRATEX’s fabric collections. Amid rising market demand for genuinely circular and scalable textile solutions, this partnership, supported by PYRATEX’s volume commitments to adopt Circ materials into their fabrics, positions the company as Circ’s strategic European partner to produce circular knitted fabrics and knitwear garments, ready to support global brands with highperformance, scalable circular textiles.
Building on three years of joint development, PYRATEX has already developed fabrics with Circ’s recycled polyester and lyocell fibers and is currently running selected bulk productions for pioneering clients soon to be launched in the market. With Circ’s upcoming facility in France, PYRATEX is preparing to scale volumes and make these next-gen fibers a concrete replacement for widely used polyester and lyocell in the industry.
“Pyratex has built a reputation for turning bold ideas into real, scalable fabric solutions. Their early partnership and continued investment in Circ fibers reflects a deeper shift as long-term commitments are taking shape to support circularity at industrial scale,” said Peter Majeranowski, CEO, Circ. We’re working together to build a supply chain that can support circularity where it matters most: at scale.”
“Circ’s technology gives us what the industry desperately needs: true recycled fibers of fashion’s most widely used textiles,” said Regina Polanco, CEO, PYRATEX. “Through this partnership, we can integrate these solutions directly into our textile formulas delivering the quality, performance, and design flexibility that brands need while reducing impact at scale.”
The alliance reflects both companies’ shared mission: to enable the fashion industry to transition from virgin fibers to high-quality circular alternatives, without compromise on look, feel, or function.
Circ and PYRATEX will showccase their joint work during a Textile Exchange field trip in Portugal on October 17, where brands will experience scaled circular fiber production and explore how to integrate next-gen materials into future collections.
About Circ®
Circ® is on a mission to power the clean closet with patented technology that recycles global fashion waste back into textiles. Circ® is building a truly circular economy for the fashion industry. To ease the way for recycled fibers, Circ® operates Circ® -Ready, a select community of global supply-chain partners with a demonstrated ability to utilize Circ® materials. Headquartered in Danville, Virginia, Circ® is a polycotton blend chemical recycler and the company behind the world’s first commercial-scale facility for textile-to-textile polycotton recycling, currently under development in Saint-Avold, France. A 2023 Earthshot Prize Finalist, 2024 Fast Company Most Innovative Company, and Certified B Corporation, Circ® is revitalizing the future of material technology and manufacturing. Learn more at www.circ.earth.
About PYRATEX®
PYRATEX® is a Spanish textile supplier specializing in innovative knits made with natural, biobased, and recycled fibers. Combining certified, traceable supply chains with localized production, PYRATEX develops and supplies fabrics to leading global brands, replacing conventional materials with responsible alternatives. Acting as both a strategic sustainability partner and an R&D hub, PYRATEX helps brands, such as the LVMH group, Ganni and Adolfo Domínguez, to reduce impact while integrating the most advanced nextgen fibers.