Brightfiber Textiles

What Brightfiber Textiles does

Brightfiber Textiles B.V. is a Dutch circular textile producer founded in 2015 and headquartered in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Region. The company operates the world's first fully automated fiber-to-fiber recycling line, converting post-consumer textile waste into premium recycled fibers including recycled polyester and a polyester-cotton blend marketed as BrightBlend. It sells to fashion brands and workwear companies via a B2B private-label model, offering yarn, knit fabrics (single jersey, piqué, interlock, French terry), and finished knitwear, with stated intent to expand into woven textiles.

Its core technology stack combines NIR-based optical sorting, AI-driven robotics for contamination removal, and proprietary mechanical fiberization. Supporting services include Take-Back Solutions, a Collection Scan service that applies the same NIR/computer-vision capability to municipal waste characterization, and an LCA+QR transparency layer under the BRIGHT.FIBER INSIDE® trademark that lets downstream buyers substantiate recycled-content claims. Following the February 2025 acquisition of Wieland Textiles and the April 17, 2025 opening of its Amsterdam factory, installed capacity is cited at roughly 2.5-3 million kilograms per year.

Revenue mechanics are anchored on private-label B2B contracts and supporting service fees (Collection Scan for municipalities, traceability data for brands). The company positions as a domestic EU alternative to overseas recycling, explicitly aligned with Dutch and EU Extended Producer Responsibility (UPV/EPR) regimes. The named customer base to date is narrow and high-prestige (Martan, Patagonia, ANWB, ID&T), consistent with a brand-validation go-to-market rather than a distributed volume book.

Name

Brightfiber Textiles

Legal name

Brightfiber Textiles B.V.

Website

https://brightfiberinside.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Brightfiber Textiles B.V. runs the world's first fully automated fiber-to-fiber recycling line in Amsterdam, converting post-consumer textile waste into recycled yarn, knit fabrics, and finished knitwear for European fashion and workwear brands via B2B private-label contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Circular Textile Manufacturing

NAICS

Fiber, Yarn, and Thread Mills (31311), Knit Fabric Mills (31324), Textile Mills (313)

SIC

Textile Mill Products (2200), Knitting Mills (2250), Apparel & Other Finishd Prods Of Fabrics & Similar Matl (2300)

akta.pro primary industry

Regenerated & Recycled Fiber Production (rPET/rNylon/Regenerated Cellulose) (IMAOAMAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Textile & Apparel Recycling and Sorting (Non-E-waste) (BPALADAL), Fiber & Yarn (Natural, Synthetic, Blends) (CRAAAMAA), Sustainable & Certified Materials (Organic, Recycled, Traceable) (CRAAAMAK), Textile-to-Textile Feedstock Preparation (De-trimming/De-buttoning/De-zipping/Contaminant Removal) (IMAOAMAE), Technical Fabric Mills (Performance/Protective/Medical Substrates) (IMAOABAH), Industrial Laundry & Textile Waste Services (Non-hazardous) (EUAIAGAI)

Keywords

• Recycled textiles
• Circular fashion
• Post-consumer textile recycling
• Sustainable yarn production
• Fiber-to-fiber recycling

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Private Label Product Sales: Production and sale of circular knit products (T-shirts, polos, sweaters, hoodies) containing 40% to 70% local post-consumer textile waste. Products are sold under BRIGHT.FIBER INSIDE brand as private label to fashion and workwear brands.
2. Yarn and Fabric Sales: Development and supply of premium yarn and circular knit fabrics. Stock yarn collection includes multiple compositions in 10-15 colors, each made with at least 40% local post-consumer waste. Custom seasonal colors available for large projects.
3. Take-Back Solutions: Services for brands to handle post-consumer textile waste streams, including transportation and creation of customized circular products. Helps brands meet Extended Producer Responsibility (UPV) regulations.
4. Collection Scan Services: Analysis of brand collections, waste streams, and logistics with tailored advice on the journey toward circular textiles, including take-back solutions, design for recycling, and quick wins for circular products.
5. Life Cycle Analysis + QR Code: Detailed LCA services for every circular product produced, providing full transparency on real environmental impact (CO2, water savings) accessible through QR code.
6. Custom Projects: Bespoke solutions for larger volume collaborations using waste from brand collections, developing custom yarn, fabric, and final products for both knit and woven textiles.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Brightfiber Textiles operates the world's first fully automated fiber-to-fiber production line, turning post-consumer textile waste into premium recycled fibers, yarns, fabrics, and finished circular knit garments for fashion and workwear brands. The company produces circular T-shirts, polos, sweaters, and hoodies containing 40% to 70% local post-consumer waste, along with stock yarn collections in 10-15 colors, circular knit fabrics in single jersey, piqué, interlock, and French terry, and complementary services including take-back logistics, collection scan analysis, custom project development, and life cycle analysis with QR code transparency.

Product overview

Brightfiber Textiles operates as a vertically integrated circular textile producer offering end-to-end solutions from fiberization to finished garments. The core product is BRIGHT.FIBER INSIDE®, under which the company supplies circular fabrics and finished products. The portfolio consists of three product lines: Circular Knit Products (T-shirts, polos, sweaters, hoodies), Yarn Collection, and Circular Knit Fabrics, all containing minimum 40% recycled post-consumer textile waste. Supporting services include Take Back Solutions, Collection Scan, and Life Cycle Analysis with QR-code. Custom Projects are available for larger volume collaborations. The company operates the world's first fully automated fiber-to-fiber production line in Amsterdam, processing regional textile waste into high-quality raw materials through NIR-based sorting and mechanical fiberization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BRIGHT.FIBER INSIDE®: The company's brand name for supplying truly circular and sustainable fabrics and end products (t-shirts, polos, sweaters) to fashion and workwear brands. Every product includes a detailed life cycle analysis (LCA) showing CO2 and water savings.

Products and services

• Circular Knit Products Private label production of circular knit garments including T-shirts, polos, sweaters, and hoodies incorporating 40% to 70% local post-consumer textile waste, supplied to fashion and workwear brands under the BRIGHT.FIBER INSIDE® brand.
• Yarn Collection Premium recycled yarn developed and supplied for use in finished products, with a stock collection including multiple compositions in 10-15 colors each made with at least 40% local post-consumer waste, plus custom seasonal colors available for large projects.
• Circular Knit Fabrics 100% circular knit fabrics available in high volumes including single jersey, piqué, interlock, and French terry, with a stock yarn collection in basic colors and custom seasonal colors available based on order quantities.
• Custom Projects (Bespoke Solutions) Bespoke solutions for larger volume collaborations using waste from brands' own collections, including development of custom yarn, fabric, and final products for both knit and woven textiles.
• Take-Back Solutions End-to-end waste stream management for brands including transportation and creation of customized brand-new circular products, helping brands comply with UPV (Extended Producer Responsibility) regulations.
• Collection Scan Analysis of brand collections, waste streams, and logistics with tailored advice for the journey toward circular textiles, covering take-back solutions, design for recycling, and quick wins for producing genuinely circular products.
• Life Cycle Analysis with QR Code Detailed life cycle analyses for every circular product produced, ensuring full transparency on real environmental impact, with data accessible through QR code on products showing CO2 emissions, water usage, and chemical usage savings.
• Brightfiber x Martan Circular Knitwear Line Co-branded circular knitwear sweater line produced in collaboration with Martan, containing 70% recycled cotton of which more than half is sourced from post-consumer clothing collected throughout the Netherlands, available in two colorways.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduces CO2 emissions by 50% compared to new raw material production
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• PatagoniaflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 April 2025Patagonia EMEA is partnering with Brightfiber Textiles to explore recycling options for certain product categories. As part of the circularity journey, Patagonia is preparing a trade-in and take-back program for 2026, with Brightfiber handling responsible recycling of items no longer suitable for reuse.
• ANWBcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 April 2025Brightfiber organizes the take-back program for returned ANWB clothing and creates a circular capsule collection for ANWB retail stores.
• ID&TcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 April 2025ID&T is joining forces with Brightfiber to develop circular merchandise for their large-scale events, serving as a powerful platform to introduce circular fashion to broad crowds.
• Carice van HoutencoreOthers · 17 April 2025Dutch actress and environmental activist serving as ambassador for Brightfiber Textiles. Officially opened the world-first factory on April 17, 2025. Advocates for circular fashion through her voice and influence.
• Wieland TextilesflagshipTechnology or Integration · 5 February 2025Longtime innovation partner that was acquired by Brightfiber Textiles. The acquisition brought two groundbreaking machines: the world's first NIR technology-based sorter and an advanced contamination removal system. Together with Brightfiber's fiberizing machine, this created the world's first complete fiber-to-fiber production line.
• MartanflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 November 2024Collaboration to launch the first truly sustainable circular knitwear line. Martan is a circular high-end fashion label expanding its woven collection with Brightfiber-produced circular knitwear containing 70% recycled cotton.
• Dutch Recycle Group (DRG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrightfiber is one of six Dutch recyclers within the DRG joining forces to secure funding for the transition toward a circular textile value chain. The group collectively presents funding needs and business opportunities to potential investors.
• Loop.a lifecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partner in textile recycling operations. Loop.a life and Brightfiber work together at the Wormerveer facility, with Ellen Mensink involved in both organizations.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Renewcell: Swedish fiber-to-fiber recycler using a dissolving cellulose process to turn post-consumer textiles into Circulose® pulp, a direct feedstock substitute for viscose. Comparable to Brightfiber as a competing technology route for clothing-to-clothing recycling serving fashion brands.
• Recover Brands (Recover Fabrics): Spanish recycled cotton fiber producer mechanically recycling post-industrial and post-consumer textile waste into recycled cotton fibers for spinning. Comparable to Brightfiber as a competing mechanical recycling route producing recycled fiber inputs for apparel brands.
• Infinited Fiber Company: Finnish fiber-to-fiber recycler producing regenerated cellulose fiber (Infinna™) from textile waste and other cellulose-rich feedstocks. Comparable as a direct competitor in the emerging fiber-to-fiber supply category serving apparel brands.
• Worn Again Technologies: UK-based polymer recycling company targeting polyester and cotton blend separation from textiles back into virgin-equivalent raw materials for new garments. Direct peer in the fiber-to-fiber recycling space serving fashion and textile brands.

Emerging players

• Saentis Textiles: French textile-to-textile recycler using a chemical process to recover cotton and polyester from end-of-life textiles. Comparable as a peer in the European fiber-to-fiber ecosystem targeting the same UPV-driven recycled-content demand.
• Circ (formerly Circular Systems): US-based fiber-to-fiber recycler using a hydrothermal process to recover cellulose and polyester monomers from blended textiles. Comparable as an emerging fiber-to-fiber player focused on blended textile streams (a key challenge also addressed by Brightfiber).
• Loop.a life: Dutch textile sorting and recycling operator that co-operates with Brightfiber at the Wormerveer facility (Ellen Mensink is involved in both). Comparable as a Dutch peer providing upstream sorting of post-consumer textiles into fiber-to-fiber feedstocks.

Regional players

• Texaid: Swiss-German textile sorting and recycling company operating across Europe with sorting infrastructure that feeds fiber-to-fiber recyclers. Comparable as an upstream textile waste sorter feeding into the same circular textile value chain.
• Sýn (formerly Samvinnuverk): Icelandic/Faroese textile recycling company partnering with European fiber-to-fiber producers to supply regional post-consumer textile waste as feedstock. Relevant comparator on the upstream sorting/feedstock side of fiber-to-fiber value chains.

Others

• Patagonia (Worn Wear): Patagonia's Worn Wear program operates take-back, repair, and resale for used Patagonia clothing. Relevant as a customer-led circular take-back model; comparable in the sense that Brightfiber is being designed into Patagonia's 2026 trade-in/take-back program as the recycling partner.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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