Expanding Reju opens R&D hub to boost T2T network
Textile-to-textile innovator Reju has opened a research and development centre within owner Technip Energy's Advanced Materials and Catalysts' research centre in Pennsylvania.
Its core research team will relocate from IBM's Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California, where its Volcat depolymerisation technology, a catalytic chemical recycling method breaking down polyester into reusable raw materials, was first developed.
The facility will be focused on the full development spectrum, from early-stage feasibility through to kilo-scale production. It will span polyester recycling, mixed-fabric solutions and new circular chemistry pathways.
The new R&D centre will support the development and validation of technologies intended for deployment across Reju's network: its first textile-to-textile facility Regeneration Hub Zero in Frankfurt, Germany and future Regeneration Hubs that have been announced in Sittard (Netherlands), Lacq (France), and New York (US).
Gregory Breyta, Reju's director of research and development, said: "Together, these facilities form a replicable global circular infrastructure designed to turn today's textile waste into tomorrow's raw materials.”
