Renaissance textile

What Renaissance textile does

Renaissance Textile is a French industrial-scale textile recycling platform that mechanically unravells end-of-life garments and textiles into premium secondary raw materials (recycled fibers) for reuse in yarn and fabric production. Founded in January 2022 and headquartered in Changé, near Laval in Mayenne, France, the company was established as a Société à Mission with a €25 million corporate investment from three co-founding French textile manufacturers — TDV Industries (Mayenne), Mulliez-Flory (Maine-et-Loire), and Les Tissages de Charlieu (Loire). Its single industrial line, supplied by Andritz Laroche and operational since November 2022, has design capacity of approximately 3,000 tonnes of polycotton textiles per year (equivalent to ~10 million regenerated items).

The core proprietary offering, branded "Textile Circulaire®," relies on a novel industrial-scale unravelling process with no chemical inputs and limited water usage, producing regenerated fibers positioned as a substitute for virgin raw material in yarn and fabric manufacturing. The company sells to the B2B textile sector — manufacturers, industrial laundries, hospitals, and professional work-clothing operators — via direct enterprise sales, and benefits from the French AGEc law prohibiting destruction of used textiles. One documented case study is the Nantes Hospital, which recycled 15 tonnes of fabric and reduced carbon footprint by approximately a factor of ten.

Revenue derives from two streams: (i) textile recycling services (professional-services style fees for processing end-of-life feedstock) and (ii) commercialization of secondary raw materials/recycled fibers (hardware-sales style per-tonne pricing). Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is quoted per engagement. The company is privately held, has not disclosed revenue, and operates as a private for-profit entity with mission-driven governance. Its stated growth plan targets 100–110 industrial jobs by 2026 and capacity expansion from a 1,000-tonne first-year output toward the 3,000-tonne design throughput.

Name

Renaissance textile

Legal name

Renaissance Textile

Website

https://renaissance-textile.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Renaissance Textile is a French industrial-scale textile recycler that uses Andritz Laroche mechanical unravelling technology to convert end-of-life textiles into premium recycled fibers for the European B2B textile sector.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Textile Recycling Services

NAICS

Textile Mills (313), Other Textile Product Mills (3149)

akta.pro primary industry

Mechanical Fiber Recycling (Shredding/Open-End/Re-fiberization) (IMAOAMAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Regenerated & Recycled Fiber Production (rPET/rNylon/Regenerated Cellulose) (IMAOAMAD), Textile & Apparel Recycling and Sorting (Non-E-waste) (BPALADAL)

Keywords

• Industrial textile recycling
• Recycled fibers
• Circular textile economy
• Post-consumer textiles
• Textile unravelling

Headquarters

HQ city

Laval

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Textile recycling services: Providing industrial-scale textile recycling services to the entire textile sector, accepting textiles at the end of their first life for processing.
2. Secondary raw materials (recycled fibers): Production and commercialization of premium recycled fibers from textile waste, enabling the remake of yarn and fabric for new textile garments, creating a circular economy model.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Renaissance Textile provides industrial-scale textile recycling services that unravell end-of-life garments and textiles into high-quality secondary raw materials (recycled fibers branded as Textile Circulaire®). The company processes post-consumer and industrial textile waste using a proprietary chemical-free unravelling process, then commercializes the regenerated fibers to textile manufacturers for producing new yarn and fabric, closing the circular economy loop for the European textile industry.

Product overview

Renaissance Textile operates a single unified platform for industrial-scale textile recycling. The core offering is the Textile Circulaire® service—a mechanical unraveling process that transforms post-consumer and end-of-life industrial textiles into premium regenerated fibers. The company processes collected textiles into secondary raw materials that enable clients to remake yarn and fabric for new textile garments, closing the circular economy loop for the textile industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Textile Circulaire® (Recycled Fiber Product) Proprietary branded recycled fiber produced through an innovative industrial-scale unravelling (effilochage) process that converts end-of-life textiles and garments into high-quality secondary raw materials. The fibers are used to remake yarn and fabric for new textile garments, creating a circular textile lifecycle for textile manufacturers.
• Industrial Textile Recycling Service Industrial-scale textile recycling service that accepts end-of-life garments and textiles from textile industry stakeholders (hospitals, laundries, manufacturers) and processes them through a chemical-free unravelling process to produce regenerated fibers, creating a value-creating service for the entire textile sector.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced carbon footprint by factor of 10 for hospital textile recycling
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Andritz LarochecoreTechnology or Integration · 1 November 2022Technology group subsidiary that delivered, installed, and commissioned the state-of-the-art textile recycling equipment enabling Renaissance Textile to become the first French recycling platform dedicated to industrial end-of-life textiles.
• TDV IndustriescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Founding partner from Mayenne, one of three textile industry industrialists who established Renaissance Textile to create the first French post-consumer textile recycling platform.
• Mulliez-FlorycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Founding partner from Maine-et-Loire (Le Longeron, near Cholet), one of three textile industry industrialists who founded Renaissance Textile to industrialize textile recycling in France.
• Les Tissages de CharlieucoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Founding partner from Loire, one of three textile industrialists who launched Renaissance Textile to establish French post-consumer textile recycling capabilities.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Infinited Fiber Company: Finnish fiber regeneration company producing Infinna™ from cellulose-rich textile waste. Closely comparable to Renaissance Textile in converting end-of-life textiles into premium regenerated fibers for apparel, with similar B2B fiber sales motion.
• Renewcell: Swedish textile-to-textile recycler using a chemical process to break down cellulose-rich textiles into Circulose® pulp. Directly comparable to Renaissance Textile as a fiber regeneration business selling recycled feedstock to apparel brands, though operating at larger scale and with chemical (vs. mechanical) processing.
• Worn Again Technologies: UK-based textile recycler using a chemical process to separate and recover polyester and cellulose from mixed textiles. Direct competitor in the textile-to-textile recycling space, targeting similar brand customers with recycled fiber outputs.
• Circ: US-based recycler focused specifically on polycotton textile-to-textile recycling. Highly relevant peer given Renaissance Textile's polycotton focus and the shared challenge of separating blended fibers into reusable streams.
• Re&Up (Sanko Group): Turkish textile recycler producing recycled polyester and cotton fibers from post-consumer textiles. Comparable as a vertically integrated recycler producing secondary raw materials for global apparel brands.
• Nouvelles Fibres Textiles: French textile recycling initiative working on fiber regeneration from post-consumer textiles. Direct regional peer competing for French textile waste streams and brand offtake agreements.

Emerging players

• Syre: H&M-backed polyester recycling venture operating in Asia and Europe. Comparable as a textile-to-textile recycler targeting apparel industry demand, though focused specifically on polyester rather than polycotton blends.

Broad incumbents

• Teijin: Japanese chemical and fiber manufacturer producing recycled polyester and other sustainable fibers. Relevant incumbent with broader materials portfolio that overlaps Renaissance Textile's recycled fiber offering in the apparel supply chain.

Others

• Refashion: French eco-organization responsible for managing household textile waste under French EPR regulations. Comparable ecosystem participant that influences feedstock collection flows and regulatory compliance for French textile recyclers.
• Andritz: Austrian technology group whose Andritz Laroche subsidiary supplied Renaissance Textile's recycling line. Comparable as the equipment/infrastructure provider enabling textile recycling at industrial scale across multiple recycler customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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