Aalto University is a community of bold thinkers where science and art meet technology and business. Building a sustainable future by creating novel solutions to major global challenges. valuing responsibility, courage, and collaboration. Design research in Aalto University fosters goal-oriented research, imaginative experiments, critical discussion and cross-disciplinary enquiry. Working with businesses, scientists, technologists, sociologists, policymakers, public sector organisations and communities of interest towards a more just and sustainable world.

adidas is a global leader in the sporting goods industry with the core brands adidas and Reebok. Headquartered in Herzogenaurach/Germany, the company employs around 60,000 people across the globe. adidas’ sustainability mission is to End Plastic Waste through forging partnerships and developing product innovations that either: use recycled materials, are made to be remade or are made with nature. adidas has set big goals for the coming years: only using recycled polyester in every product and on every application where a solution exists from 2024 (by the end of 2020 already more than 50% of its polyester will be recycled), 30% carbon footprint reduction by 2030 (compared to 2017) and carbon neutrality by 2050.

Fashion for Good is the global initiative that is here to make all fashion good. It’s a global platform for innovation, made possible through collaboration and community. With an open invitation to the entire apparel industry, Fashion for Good convenes brands, producers, retailers, suppliers, non-profit organisations, innovators and funders united in their shared ambition. Fashion for Good also acts as a convener for change, with the world’s first interactive museum dedicated to sustainable fashion and innovation.

Frankenhuis BV is a privately owned company, as part of Boer Group which has been collecting, sorting and preparing textiles, worn clothing and shoes for reuse for over 100 years. The entire process, transparent, under one roof with 750 employees sort approximately 112,5 million kg of used textile every year.
Besides making fibre, Frankenhuis also prepares post-consumer textile streams as feedstock for chemical recycling of textiles. To be able to do so, Frankenhuis “deep-sorts” post-consumer garments and defines the best suited recycling method and prepares the stream for the next step in the recycling process.

H&M Group is a family of brands, driven by the company’s desire to make great design available to everyone in a sustainable way. H&M Group offers fashion, design and services, that enable people to be inspired and to express their own personal style, making it easier to live in a more circular way.

Infinited Fiber Company is on a mission to harness cutting-edge technology and make circularity in textiles a reality. with breakthrough innovation that can turn any cellulose-rich raw material into unique textile fibres with the natural look and feel of cotton. Impurities, like polyester or elastane, are cleaned out in the process. The created fibres are biodegradable, and textiles made with them can be recycled again alongside other fabric waste. The technology has been validated by leading textile and hygiene product brands and is ready to be scaled up.

Inovafil produces a wide variety of special blends, both melange and ecru yarns, using conventional ring, open-end and, recently, air-jet spinning technologies. Thanks to its cutting-edge technology, Inovafil can produce natural, artificial and synthetic fibres. Due to increasing environmental sustainability awareness, Inovafil focuses on sourcing eco-friendly raw materials – fibres resulting from different types of waste; biodegradable fibres; recycled fibres etc.

As one of the most preferred suppliers of the world’s leading brands, Kipas Textiles works on the sustainable production of yarns, fabrics and denim with minimum resource usage in water, energy and hazardous discharge. Kipas Textiles is tackling waste and pollution through environmentally friendly production methods and the latest recycling technologies. Because of their vertically integrated textile mill, Kipas is of the largest sustainable yarn, fabric and denim manufacturers and preferred suppliers of the world’s leading brands. Kipas Textiles has a wide product range such as upholstery, deco, shirting, sport and casual clothes fabrics, denim and technical textiles.

REvolve specialises in textile waste, recycling and circular materials flows. Recycling alone is not enough, and it’s also very clear circularity is impossible without recycling. Therefore, REvolve focuses on delivering the data, insights and systemic developments needed for a rapid transformation of business as usual in the textile industry. Today, REvolve works with companies, non-profits and consortiums to map textile waste, define the short and mid-term circular opportunities within it and develop networks that effectively (re)cycle textile resources over and over again.

RISE is the Swedish research institute and innovation partner for every part of society. Through international collaboration with industry, academia and the public sector, we contribute to a competitive business community and a sustainable society. Our more than 2,700 employees drive and support all types of innovation processes. RISE is an independent, state-owned research institute that offers unique expertise and about a hundred testbeds and demonstration environments for future-proof technologies, products and services.

Tekstina operates in one location in Ajdovscina in Slovenia with in-house research and development, design, testing and manufacturing facilities. Production facilities include warping, weaving and finishing plants with highly qualified specialists for dyeing, chemical treatment and finishing. In the last year Tekstina invested in a new printing house with roto-screen and digital printing machinery. Tekstina is the leading supplier of textile solutions for fabrics.

South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences – Xamk is a higher education institution that profiles as a strong implementer of research, development and innovation (RDI) activities. The goal is to help businesses thrive and to generate new entrepreneurship. In RDI projects the experts find, test and develop new products and services, or conduct research for the needs of businesses and the world of work. In collaboration with the international partners, the experts strive to solve the common challenges of the future.