Kaltex

What Kaltex does

Kaltex is a privately held textile manufacturer headquartered in Naucalpan De Juárez, Mexico, founded in 1925 and operating with 51-100 employees. The firmographics describe it as a producer of textile products, with current public-facing activity centered on textile circularity and end-of-life recyclability in the apparel supply chain. Its stated primary customer segment is apparel retailers, with use cases spanning take-back programs, sustainable garment design, and textile recycling initiatives.

The company's business model and revenue mechanics are not disclosed in the source data, and no pricing model, product catalog, or revenue figure is publicly available. The only commercial-level information is operational: Kaltex is an active operating entity participating in the Textiles Recycling Expo in Charlotte, N.C., alongside Bank & Vogue, Eileen Fisher, and the National Stewardship Action Council, with whom it pursues mutual partnerships aimed at advancing circular-economy practices in apparel. The Renew take-back program referenced through Eileen Fisher — offering $5 per garment returned regardless of condition — illustrates the kind of circular retail model Kaltex is publicly associated with.

Leadership rests with Hebe Schecter as President and CEO. Kaltex operates without a disclosed parent company, subsidiaries, funding rounds, or M&A history in the source data, and there is no evidence of technology platforms, AI/ML capabilities, or proprietary software products. The company's differentiation rests on its century-long manufacturing heritage and a visible public pivot toward sustainability positioning in the apparel/textiles value chain.

Name

Kaltex

Legal name

Kaltex

Website

https://kaltex.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1925

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Kaltex is a privately held Mexican textile manufacturer, founded in 1925 and headquartered in Naucalpan De Juárez, serving apparel retailers with textile products and actively positioning around textile circularity, take-back programs, and sustainable garment design.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Textile Manufacturing

NAICS

Textile Product Mills (314), Textile Mills (313)

SIC

Textile Mill Products (2200), Miscellaneous Fabricated Textile Products (2390)

akta.pro primary industry

Repair, Refurbishment & Upcycling Services (Industrial Scale) (IMAOAMAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Circularity Compliance, Traceability & Certification Services (EPR/Product Passports/Chain-of-Custody) (IMAOAMAJ), Sustainable & Certified Materials (Organic, Recycled, Traceable) (CRAAAMAK)

Keywords

• Textile manufacturing
• Circular textiles
• Recycled fabrics
• Sustainable apparel
• Textile products

Headquarters

HQ city

Naucalpan De Juárez

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel

Core offering

Kaltex manufactures textile products with a focus on circularity, end-of-life recyclability, and sustainability. The company participates in textile circularity initiatives, take-back programs, and sustainable garment design, serving apparel retailers and the broader textiles industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Textile Products
• Textile Circularity and Take-Back Programs

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record.

• Bank & VogueStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 May 2026Co-participant with Kaltex at the Textiles Recycling Expo in Charlotte, N.C., advocating for textile circularity and sustainability in the apparel industry.
• Eileen FisherStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 May 2026Co-stakeholder at the Textiles Recycling Expo, recognized for the Renew program model where customers receive $5 for returning any garment regardless of condition.
• National Stewardship Action CouncilStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 May 2026Industry stakeholder collaborating with Kaltex on urging apparel retailers to take leadership roles in textile circularity and sustainability efforts.

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Emerging players

• Evrnu: Evrnu is a textile-to-textile recycling technology company that converts post-consumer cotton waste into virgin-quality fiber. It is comparable to Kaltex on the circularity and end-of-life recyclability use cases for apparel brands.
• Circ: Circ has developed a chemical recycling process to separate and recover polyester and cellulose from blended textiles into virgin-equivalent raw materials. It is a forward-looking peer in textile-to-textile recycling, addressing the same end-of-life textile problem Kaltex targets.
• Worn Again Technologies: Worn Again Technologies operates a chemical recycling process that separates polyester and cellulose from mixed textile waste streams into reusable raw inputs. It is an emerging player in the same textile-circularity category that Kaltex is positioned in.
• Reverse Resources: Reverse Resources is a software and data platform that maps textile waste from apparel manufacturing and post-consumer streams to enable recycling. It addresses the same circularity pain points Kaltex targets for apparel retailers and manufacturers.

Direct peers

• The Renewal Workshop: Renewal Workshop is a textile renewal and recycling company that partners with apparel brands to take back, clean, repair, and resell or recycle returned garments — directly overlapping Kaltex's stated circularity and refurbishment use cases.
• Eileen Fisher (Renew): Eileen Fisher's Renew program is one of the most recognized apparel take-back and resale initiatives, paying customers for returned garments. While brand-owned, it operates in the same circularity ecosystem where Kaltex provides upstream refurbishment and recycling capacity.
• Recover Brands: Recover Brands manufactures apparel and other textile products from recycled cotton and PET. It is a direct peer in producing textile products with recycled and sustainable inputs, aligned with Kaltex's manufacturing-plus-circularity positioning.
• Grupo Kaltex (industrial operations): Grupo Kaltex is a vertically integrated Mexican textile manufacturer producing yarn, fabric, and finished apparel for North American brands. The broader Kaltex group is the closest industrial peer, sharing the manufacturing base, geography, and customer overlap.
• Bank & Vogue: Bank & Vogue is a textile recycler and circular-economy enabler that co-participated with Kaltex at the Textiles Recycling Expo. It collects and re-distributes post-consumer textiles and is a direct comparable in textile take-back and circularity services.

Broad incumbents

• Patagonia (Worn Wear): Patagonia's Worn Wear program buys back, repairs, and resells used Patagonia garments, operating a closed-loop circularity model for apparel. As a brand-owned circularity platform, it is an incumbent comparable to the apparel-retailer circularity programs Kaltex serves.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/GrupoKaltex
• Facebookfacebook.com/grupokaltex
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kaltex-america

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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