Recover, the Madrid-headquartered producer of recycled cotton fibre and cotton fibre blends, is opening a new manufacturing facility in Vietnam set to be operational by early 2025.

By pioneering its large-scale recycling technology, Recover aims to enable large scale fibre recovery in the growing Vietnamese textile production market.

Situated in the Dong Nai province, the factory’s location was strategically chosen due to Vietnam’s significant role in the global textile industry as the third-largest textile exporter worldwide. It is close to both textile waste sorting and manufacturing operations, reducing the costs and footprint tied to shipping. It will provide brands in all major textile production markets with timely and efficient access to its materials.

Spanning nearly 14,000 square metres, the factory will feature Recover’s highly optimised recycling technology and initially operate with two state-of-the-art recycling lines, providing an annual production capacity of 10,000 tons. It will also include a dedicated Recover laboratory to maintain a consistent high-quality product and a constant evolution in both product and process.

RMix, Recover’s recycling solution for cotton-polyester blends, eliminates the need to separate fibres, overcoming a long-standing industry challenge in polycotton recycling and offering a significant sustainable advantage in terms of energy efficiency.

“Our expansion into Vietnam is a crucial step in our strategic business plan,” said Anders Sjöblom, CEO at Recover. “Circularity is currently underutilised in the Vietnamese textiles industry and by bringing our advanced technology to a key textile hub, we are not only enhancing how we serve our customers by expanding our global manufacturing footprint but also creating a positive shift towards circularity in Vietnam.”

Recover, a fourth-generation, family-owned company with a 75-year history in the textile industry, first expanded its operations outside Spain with a second manufacturing facility in Bangladesh in 2022.

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