FIL & FAB
Fil & Fab SAS is a French materials company producing Nylo®, a recycled Polyamide 6 (rPA6) granulate made 100% from end-of-life fishing nets, sold B2B to manufacturers in luxury watches, surf sports, eyewear, and 3D printing.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2015
- HeadquartersPlougonvelin, France
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What FIL & FAB does
Fil & Fab SAS is a French single-product materials company incorporated in 2019 from a 2015-founded association by three designers in Brittany, producing Nylo® — a recycled Polyamide 6 (rPA6) granulate made 100% from end-of-life fishing nets. The proprietary regeneration process covers collection through 40 partner ports, dismantling via social-enterprise partners (ESATCO de Plourivo, ESAT Les Genêts d'Or), color sorting, cleaning, shredding, extrusion, and granulation, with less than 2% masterbatch additives added for color and UV stability. A second proprietary SKU, Carbonium® × Nylo®, combines Nylo® with aviation-grade carbon fiber for luxury watch applications such as the Ulysse Nardin Diver The Ocean Race.
The business model is B2B direct sales of Nylo® granules under quote-based pricing, with multi-year contracts available and an add-on custom-compound development service. Customer base is enterprise, narrow and high-quality rather than broad: Ulysse Nardin (luxury watches), TAHE Outdoor (surf fins — Ecosport Awards 2022), Nanovia (3D printing filaments via the RECYPECH project), and the Armor Lux × Acuitis made-in-France sunglasses collection processed by Bondet SA and MB Production. Operational footprint is a single registered headquarters in Brest plus a production facility in Plougonvelin housing assembly, recycling, and granulation, with premises provided by the Communauté de Communes du Pays d'Iroise.
The company is small (1-10 employees), founder-controlled, privately held as a SAS, with no disclosed equity funding rounds and public acknowledgment of support from ADEME, Crédit Agricole du Finistère, and a 2019 European fisheries prize. Fil & Fab positions itself as France's first and only complete fishing-net recycling sector, capturing approximately 50% of the national waste stream. Notably, the company's current homepage carries an explicit "end of an adventure / thank you for your support" message that is not otherwise reconciled with the operating data, leaving the present operational status ambiguous.
FIL & FAB firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- FIL & FAB
- Legal name
- Fil & Fab SAS
- Website
- https://fil-et-fab.fr
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2015
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- Fil & Fab SAS is a French materials company producing Nylo®, a recycled Polyamide 6 (rPA6) granulate made 100% from end-of-life fishing nets, sold B2B to manufacturers in luxury watches, surf sports, eyewear, and 3D printing.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
FIL & FAB industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Recycled Plastic Materials
- NAICS
- Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (325211), Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing (3252), Plastics Materials and Basic Forms and Shapes Merchant Wholesalers (424610)
- SIC
- Plastic Material, Synth Resin/Rubber, Cellulos (No Glass) (2820), Plastics Products, Nec (3089)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Plastic & Rubber Recycling, Reprocessing & Pelletizing (IMANAOAN)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Post-Consumer Plastic Collection & Sorting (MRF/PRF, Bale Supply) (EUAIAKAA)
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Where FIL & FAB is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Plougonvelin
- HQ country
- France
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices2 records
Markets served
FIL & FAB business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Nylo® Granules Sales: Sale of recycled Polyamide 6 (rPA6) granules under the Nylo® brand to manufacturers. The material is sold to various industries including luxury goods, sports equipment, eyewear, and 3D printing.
- Custom Compound Development: Development of specific compound formulations tailored to customer specifications and technical requirements. Add-on service for material customization.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Multi-year contract | Nylo® recycled polyamide granules - quote-based pricing |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels4 records
FIL & FAB product offering
Product offeringCore offering
FIL & FAB collects end-of-life fishing nets from French ports and regenerates them into Nylo®, a recycled Polyamide 6 (rPA6) granule sold to industrial manufacturers. It also develops custom rPA6 compound formulations tailored to client specifications and produces the Carbonium® × Nylo® composite for high-performance luxury applications. The company serves brands in luxury watchmaking, water-sports equipment, eyewear, and 3D printing filaments.
Product overview
FIL & FAB operates as a single-product material company focused on Nylo®, a recycled polyamide 6 (rPA6) granule made 100% from end-of-life fishing nets. Nylo® is the foundational material that is sold to partners for incorporation into various downstream products including luxury watches (Ulysse Nardin Diver Net and Diver The Ocean Race), surfboard fins (TAHE STELLAR), 3D printing filaments (Nanovia), and eyewear frames (Armor Lux × Acuitis). The company coordinates a complete supply chain from fishing port collection through granulation to material supply, positioning Nylo® as a high-performance, circular-economy material for sustainable product manufacturing.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Nylo® Recycled Polyamide 6 Granules Recycled Polyamide 6 (rPA6) granule material produced 100% from end-of-life fishing nets. Sold to industrial manufacturers in luxury goods, sports equipment, eyewear, and 3D printing as a sustainable, traceable raw material with mechanical properties close to virgin PA6.
- Custom Compound Development Service Development of tailored rPA6 compound formulations to customer specifications and technical requirements, offered as an add-on professional service to Nylo® granule orders.
Companies that use FIL & FAB
Customer profileNamed customers4 records
Segments1 record
Ideal customer profiles2 records
FIL & FAB technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature3 records
FIL & FAB partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Nine partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and supporting.
- Ulysse NardinflagshipLuxury Swiss watchmaker using Nylo® for the Diver Net concept watch and Diver The Ocean Race. The partnership created Carbonium® × Nylo® composite material for high-performance watch components, showcasing recycled materials in luxury goods.
- TAHE OutdoorcoreFrench outdoor sports manufacturer producing STELLAR surfboard fins 100% from Nylo® recycled fishing nets. TAHE received the Ecosport Awards 2022 eco-design prize for these fins, demonstrating ~80% reduced environmental impact vs traditional Asian production.
- Nanoviacore3D printing filament manufacturer using Nylo® granules to produce 100% recycled fishing net polyamide filaments under the RECYPECH project. Products commercialized by Nanovia at their Louargat facility.
- Armor LuxcoreIconic Breton clothing brand collaborated with Acuitis to create the first made-in-France sunglasses collection using Nylo® recycled fishing nets. Montures injection molded by Bondet SA in Jura, assembled by MB Production in Nantes.
- ESATCO de PlourivocoreSocial enterprise handling sorting and dismantling of fishing nets collected from Paimpol maritime area ports as part of the RECYPECH project.
- ESAT Les Genêts d'OrcoreSocial enterprise partner handling fishing net dismantling and dredness operations at the Fil & Fab workshop location in Plougonvelin.
- Communauté de Commune du Pays d'Iroise (CCPI)coreLocal government authority providing and renovating premises for Fil & Fab's production facility in Plougonvelin.
- Bondet SAsupportingEyewear manufacturer in Jura who validated the processability of Nylo® for injection molding of sunglasses frames.
- AmorluxsupportingPartner company whose logo appears in the partners section of the website.
Scale indicators4 records
Recent moves9 records
Expansion highlights6 records
FIL & FAB competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Bionic Filament: Bionic Filament supplies recycled 3D printing filament made from marine plastic (including fishing nets), competing with Fil & Fab's Nylo® partnership with Nanovia in the recycled-PA6 filament segment.
- Aquafil (ECONYL®): Aquafil's ECONYL® is a regenerated Nylon 6 (polyamide 6) made from pre- and post-consumer waste including discarded fishing nets — the exact same product category as Nylo®. Aquafil is the global benchmark in recycled PA6 and directly competes for the same luxury, fashion and sports customers.
- Sea2See: Sea2See produces eyewear frames made from recycled marine plastic including fishing nets, serving the same made-in-Europe, sustainability-led eyewear market as Fil & Fab's Armor Lux × Acuitis partnership.
- Bureo: Bureo recycles end-of-life fishing nets (NetPlus® material) into consumer products such as skateboards, sunglasses and apparel. It directly competes with Fil & Fab at the fishing-net-to-product intersection and shares the same brand customers in eyewear and apparel.
Broad incumbents
- SABIC (TRUCIRCLE™): SABIC's TRUCIRCLE™ portfolio includes certified circular polyamides and polycarbonates derived from mixed plastic waste, competing with Nylo® for downstream brand commitments to recycled content across packaging, automotive and consumer goods.
- Carbios: Carbios is a French biotech company developing enzymatic recycling of PET and, more recently, polyamides — addressing the same circular-plastics value proposition as Fil & Fab but with broader resin coverage and a different (enzymatic) technology pathway.
- Eastman: Eastman's Renew and Naia product lines include molecular-recycled polymers and cellulosic fibers marketed to luxury and apparel brands. It competes for the same sustainability-driven material budgets but at much larger scale and broader portfolio.
Emerging players
- Goodfish: Goodfish is an emerging European player working on circular materials sourced from fishing gear, with comparable end-markets to Fil & Fab in sustainable plastics and composites.
Others
- Veolia: Veolia is a major waste-management and plastics-recycling operator in France, including end-of-life fishing gear handling. It overlaps with Fil & Fab's collection/dismantling layer (potentially as a supplier or competitor) but does not produce a recycled-PA6 granulate.
- Plastic Bank: Plastic Bank operates plastic-collection infrastructure in coastal communities and supplies Social Plastic® feedstock to brand owners. It is an ecosystem participant in the ocean-plastic recovery supply chain that Fil & Fab also depends on, but is focused on collection rather than compounding.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
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FIL & FAB leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles4 records
FIL & FAB funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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FIL & FAB M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about FIL & FAB
What does FIL & FAB do?
FIL & FAB collects end-of-life fishing nets from French ports and regenerates them into Nylo®, a recycled Polyamide 6 (rPA6) granule sold to industrial manufacturers. It also develops custom rPA6 compound formulations tailored to client specifications and produces the Carbonium® × Nylo® composite for high-performance luxury applications. The company serves brands in luxury watchmaking, water-sports equipment, eyewear, and 3D printing filaments.
Is FIL & FAB a public or private company?
FIL & FAB is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was FIL & FAB founded?
FIL & FAB was founded in 2015. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is FIL & FAB based?
FIL & FAB is headquartered in Plougonvelin, France, in the Europe region.
How does FIL & FAB make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. Nylo® Granules Sales are the primary driver. The others are custom Compound Development.
Who are FIL & FAB's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Bionic Filament, Aquafil (ECONYL®), Sea2See and Bureo. Broad incumbents are SABIC (TRUCIRCLE™), Carbios and Eastman. Goodfish is listed as an emerging player. Others are Veolia and Plastic Bank.
Does FIL & FAB have an API?
No public API is recorded for FIL & FAB.
What industry is FIL & FAB in?
FIL & FAB's product category is Recycled Plastic Materials. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMANAOAN, Plastic & Rubber Recycling, Reprocessing & Pelletizing, with a secondary code of EUAIAKAA, Post-Consumer Plastic Collection & Sorting (MRF/PRF, Bale Supply). Its NAICS code is 325211 and its SIC code is 2820.