OnceMore®

What OnceMore® does

OnceMore® is a chemical recycling process and brand operated by Södra, Sweden's largest forest owner association. The technology combines 20% RCS-certified post-consumer textile waste with wood from responsibly managed Swedish forests to produce dissolving pulp suitable for viscose, lyocell, and modal textile manufacturing. Launched in 2019 and headquartered in Växjö, Sweden, OnceMore® operates with a 14-person team and functions as an innovation initiative within Södra's broader forest industry group, which is owned by over 50,000 Swedish forest families.

The business model is B2B and sales-led: OnceMore® sells dissolving pulp to fiber producers, yarn manufacturers, and textile manufacturers who convert it into fabrics for fashion brands. Distribution is organized through the OnceMore® Together network, a structured partner program with tiered (Gold) membership that includes downstream fashion brand collaborations such as the 2025 Avavav AW26 shirt collection produced with New Focus Textiles. The process is powered almost entirely by renewable energy generated on-site at Södra's facilities from member-supplied wood, and the company publishes environmental impact metrics including a 0.75 kg-per-kg landfill diversion claim.

Strategically, OnceMore® is positioned at the upstream end of the recycled manmade cellulosic fiber value chain, seeking to secure long-term competitive advantage through proprietary recycling technology, certified and traceable feedstock, vertical integration with Södra's wood and energy supply, and ecosystem development via its partner network. No standalone financials are disclosed, and the unit does not have external investors identified in the source material.

Name

OnceMore®

Legal name

OnceMore® (Södra Brand)

Website

https://oncemore.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

OnceMore®, a Södra innovation initiative, is a chemical recycling process that blends 20% RCS-certified post-consumer textile waste with Swedish forest wood to produce dissolving pulp for viscose, lyocell, and modal textile manufacturers and their fashion brand customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recycled Textile Materials

NAICS

Textile Mills (313)

SIC

Textile Mill Products (2200)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Textile-to-Textile Feedstock Preparation (De-trimming/De-buttoning/De-zipping/Contaminant Removal) (IMAOAMAE), Sustainable & Certified Materials (Organic, Recycled, Traceable) (CRAAAMAK)

Keywords

• Chemical textile recycling
• Recycled dissolving pulp
• Sustainable man-made fibers
• Circular fashion materials
• Textile waste processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Växjö

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Textile Pulp and Raw Material Sales: OnceMore® generates revenue by producing and selling high-quality raw materials (textile pulp) derived from chemical recycling of textile waste blended with wood. This material is sold to fiber producers, yarn manufacturers, and textile manufacturers who use it to produce viscose, lyocell, and modal textiles for fashion brands.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

OnceMore® is a chemical recycling process that revives old textiles together with wood from responsibly managed Swedish forests to produce high-quality dissolving pulp (raw material containing 20% textile waste) for the manufacture of viscose, lyocell, and modal textiles. The offering is supported by the OnceMore® Together network connecting fiber producers, yarn/textile manufacturers, and fashion brands.

Product overview

OnceMore® is a single unified chemical recycling product offered by Södra that converts blended textile waste (20%) combined with wood from Swedish forests into high-quality raw material for viscose, lyocell, and modal textiles. The offering is complemented by OnceMore® Together, a collaborative network of fiber producers, yarn- and textile manufacturers, and brands that together form the circular economy ecosystem for the OnceMore® material. The company focuses exclusively on textile recycling and does not offer a modular platform architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OnceMore® Together: Network of innovative fiber producers, yarn- and textile manufacturers, and brands dedicated to promoting the circular economy.

Products and services

• OnceMore® Chemical Recycling Process (Recycled Dissolving Pulp) A chemical recycling process that transforms old textiles blended with wood from responsibly managed Swedish forests into high-quality dissolving pulp (20% textile waste content) for viscose, lyocell, and modal textile manufacturing. Sold to fiber producers as raw material input.
• OnceMore® Together (Member Network) A collaborative member network of fiber producers, yarn and textile manufacturers, and fashion brands (with Gold membership tier) dedicated to promoting the circular economy by transforming textile waste into products using OnceMore® materials, ensuring stable supply to the market.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduces textile waste sent to landfills by 0.75 kg per kilogram of textile pulp produced
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered gold (flagship), core and flagship (parent).

• New Focus Textilesgold (flagship)Strategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2024New Focus Textiles joined OnceMore® Together as a Gold member with the ambition to help shape the future of textile recycling solutions. After one and a half years, their journey reflects action, visibility, and collaboration. They craft fabrics using OnceMore® textiles for fashion brands, including production of shirts for Avavav's AW26 collection.
• AvavavcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerAvavav is a fashion brand that collaborated with OnceMore® and New Focus Textiles for AW26, introducing four new shirt styles developed with fabrics crafted using OnceMore® textiles made from blended textile waste and wood from responsibly managed Swedish forests. This collaboration demonstrates the integration of OnceMore® materials in fashion design.
• TreeToTextilescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTreeToTextiles partnered with OnceMore® to host a field trip together with Textile Exchange, providing a full day focused on site visits, shared learning, and open discussions across the textile value chain.
• Textile ExchangecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTextile Exchange partnered with OnceMore® to host a field trip together with TreeToTextiles, providing industry engagement and knowledge sharing across the textile value chain.
• Södraflagship (parent)Strategic or Co-development PartnerOnceMore® is an innovation initiative of Södra, Sweden's largest forest owner association with over 50,000 member families. Södra provides the wood raw material from sustainably managed Swedish forests and operational infrastructure, including renewable energy generated from wood processing.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Lenzing Group: Global incumbent producer of lyocell (Tencel), modal, and viscose fibers; Lenzing sets the quality and sustainability benchmark for the regenerated cellulose category OnceMore® feeds into and represents both a downstream buyer/partner and the most established competitive standard.
• Sateri: Major global viscose/lyocell producer serving the same downstream apparel brands as OnceMore®; relevant because its scale and sustainability program (e.g., Canopy commitments) shape procurement standards for recycled-content cellulosic feedstock.
• Birla Cellulose: One of the world's largest viscose/lyocell producers (Aditya Birla Group); relevant comparable because brand buyers evaluating OnceMore® pulp often benchmark it against Birla's Liva Reviva recycled-content fiber program.
• Eastman (Naia Renew): Large materials company whose Naia Renew cellulosic fiber uses recycled feedstocks; competes for the same fashion-brand sustainable fiber mandates and provides a benchmark for at-scale, branded recycled cellulosic offerings.

Direct peers

• Worn Again Technologies: UK-based chemical recycler of textiles-to-polyester and cellulose streams; targets the same brand demand for circular raw materials and competes for capital and partnership slots with OnceMore® in the textile-recycling ecosystem.
• Infinited Fiber Company (Infinna): Finland-based textile-to-textile recycler producing regenerated cellulose fiber (Infinna) from cellulose-rich textile waste — comparable technology and end-use (viscose/lyocell-adjacent fibers), targeting the same fashion-brand sustainability buyers as OnceMore®.
• Circ: US-based textile-to-textile recycler producing mixed-cellulose and polyester feedstocks; comparable technology category, comparable brand-customer overlap (fashion and apparel), and competes for the same recycled-content sourcing mandates.
• Renewcell (Circulose): Swedish dissolving-pulp producer that chemically recycles 100% textile waste into Circulose feedstock for viscose and lyocell — directly competes with OnceMore® in the recycled cellulose feedstock market, with overlapping customers (fashion brands) and similar RCS-style sustainability positioning.

Others

• Södra (parent ecosystem): Parent organization and forest-industry platform for OnceMore®; relevant as the upstream supplier of wood and renewable energy and as a strategic anchor — but not a direct market competitor in the recycling space.

Emerging players

• TreeToTextiles: Swedish forest-industry-backed developer of alternative cellulosic textile fibers using renewable forest feedstock — overlapping Swedish forest-industry DNA with OnceMore® and a confirmed partner (joint field trip with OnceMore® and Textile Exchange).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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