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Nordic Weave

Nordic Weave Utvecklar en skalbar modell för textilsortering som säkerställer tillgång till kvalitativa textilflöden och skapar bättre förutsättningar för cirkulära affärsmodeller. Textilsektorn står inför en stor omställning i takt med att EU driver sin cirkulär ekonomi-agenda framåt. Med över 12,6 miljoner ton textilavfall årligen i Europa är behovet av nya lösningar akut. Från och med januari 2025…

Textil materialmäklare för ökad resursanvändning och miljönytta

Projektet Textil materialmäklare för ökad resursanvändning och miljönytta syftar till att skapa en matchning mellan textilt avfall och aktörer som kan återanvända eller återvinna materialet, för att öka cirkulariteten och minska miljöpåverkan inom textilindustrin i Västra Götaland. Textil materialmäklare för ökad resursanvändning och miljönytta Projektet ska bidra till bättre resursutnyttjande, ökad miljönytta och stärkt konkurrenskraft…

Fashion to House: Polycotton to Panels for Household Products

The "Fashion to House" project aims to create an innovative solution for recycling textile waste, especially polycotton blends, by transforming them into high-value household products.

TexRepair: scale-up of automated textile repair services

The project aims to revolutionize textile resource management by developing and optimizing a patented and scalable textile repair module, the Automated Repair Module (ARM). TexRepair: Scaling up automated textile repair services In this project, RecoMended takes an important step towards transforming the textile industry with its Automated Repair Module (ARM). By combining advanced technology with a vision...

SorTex

Sortex aims to develop efficient methods for the collection and sorting of textile waste. The goal is to create more resource-efficient and business-like flows throughout the textile value chain, focusing on preserving the value of the textile and developing the demand for collected material SorTex Wargön Innovation, together with Herning Municipality and several other actors, has been granted funding for a...

Textile sorting in cooperation with the Red Cross

In a collaboration between Wargön Innovation and the Red Cross, our textile evaluators sort and evaluate collected textile material from seven Red Cross stores. The collected textiles create a natural textile flow through our test and demo facility in Vargön. Textile sorting in collaboration with the Red Cross One of the aims of our facility is to develop technology for...

Innovation environment for sustainable production and circular flows

Wargön Innovation, together with Science Park Borås, has been granted SEK 30 million from the European Regional Development Fund for a three-year initiative to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the transition to circular business models and increased resource efficiency Innovation environment for sustainable production and circular flows Wargön Innovation, together with Science Park Borås, has been granted SEK 30 million...

Increased reuse of shoes

The Shoe Project aims to revolutionize the shoe industry by developing effective models for reusing and recycling shoes. With over 30 million pairs of shoes sold annually in Sweden, there is a great need and potential for more sustainable solutions in the industry. The main objective of the project is to accelerate the transition of the footwear industry to circular business models and...

Rewin - Large-scale polyester recycling

The main objective of the project is to demonstrate the technical, environmental and economic feasibility of chemical fiber-to-fiber recycling of mixed polyester waste, on an industrial scale. Production demonstrator for large-scale polyester recycling The global production of new textile fibers amounted to 111 million tons in 2019 and is expected to increase to 150 million tons by 2030. Fossil-based polyester is the most widely used fiber and accounts for...

System demonstrator for a sustainable textile system

A colorful circle of clothes with logo recycling, zero waste, reuse concept. Generated AI This project tests new business models and collection systems for textiles. Sweden's first pre-sorting facility will be put into operation and steps to make reuse more efficient will be tested. The goal is to achieve increased lifetime of clothes and reduced resource use, leading to less...

CISUTAC

Minimizing the environmental impact of the textile industry and removing bottlenecks through sustainable and large-scale European value chains.

Green Valleys 2.0

Promotes the circular production of green protein and the use of the cellulose-based residual material in, among other things, textile production. Green Valleys 2.0 The purpose of Green Valleys is to promote a circular production of green protein in the West Götaland region and to create new circular business opportunities for the agricultural industry. Today, we face major challenges in terms of self-sufficiency and our...

Textile Movement

Textile Movement is the Västra Götaland region's initiative to establish West Sweden as an innovative role model for a sustainable and circular transition in the textile industry in the EU. Textile Movement Textile Movement is the Västra Götaland region's initiative to establish West Sweden as an innovative role model for a sustainable and circular transition in the textile industry in the EU. The aim is to strengthen companies'...