What role can startups play in the ecological transition of the fashion industry? Faced with challenges related to resources, waste and textile end-of-life, Deeptech startups are developing new solutions to overcome technological barriers. From recycling complex textiles to producing recycled materials, discover how industrial innovation can help transform the textile industry and why scaling up is essential to creating real impact.
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What role do women play in industry, technology and Deeptech? Faced with the challenges of reindustrialization and the ecological transition, companies need diverse scientific, technical, industrial and managerial skills. A look back at REC’s participation in Lady’J Tech and at the role diversity plays in developing new technologies, particularly in industrial recycling and the circular economy.
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What if one meeting could change the course of a project? In 2022, Ecollant, which became REC, won the European Circular Fashion Trophies, a distinction that above all helped create decisive meetings and collaborations. From collecting end-of-life textiles to exchanges with brands and fashion industry stakeholders, discover how an event can help an innovation grow and lay the foundations for a more circular textile industry.
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How can French industry accelerate its transition towards a more circular and sovereign model? After four days at Global Industrie 2025, Ecollant, now REC, looks back at the major challenges transforming industry: reindustrialization, decarbonization, industrial sovereignty, innovation and the circular economy. Discover why polyamide recycling is at the heart of these transformations and how REC is preparing to scale up its technology for industrial deployment.
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How can a textile recycling technology move from the laboratory to industry? In 2025, Ecollant welcomed the teams from Dynamo Production and France 3 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté to AuxR_Lab for filming dedicated to the future of textiles and new recycling solutions. It was an opportunity to take a behind-the-scenes look at the R&D, experimentation and scale-up of a technology dedicated to recycling polyamide from complex textiles, now being developed and industrialised by REC.
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Polyamide recycling starts with the collection and sorting of used textiles. Together with Provence TLC, REC began its initial research by focusing on tights, socks and hosiery containing a high proportion of nylon. Discover how waste-stream characterisation and the sorting of complex textiles are helping to build an industrial polyamide recycling value chain.
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A victory recognising innovation in support of decarbonisation. In 2024, Ecollant, now REC, won the We Impact – Decarbonisation Challenge for its project to recycle nylon and polyamide from complex textiles. Discover the story behind this recognition and how recycling existing materials can help reduce reliance on virgin resources and accelerate circularity in the textile industry.
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How does an industrial Deeptech company move from innovation to industrialisation? At the 2024 Deeptech Tour in Dijon, Ecollant, now REC, looked back on its journey, the support it received from the regional ecosystem, and the development of its PA6 and PA6.6 polyamide recycling technology. Discover an important milestone in REC’s history and how far we have come since 2019.
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How Can Polyamide from Complex Textiles Be Recycled? REC looks back at its participation in the National Polymer Recycling Conference and its discussions with experts in recycling, polymers and textiles. Discover our latest progress and our vision for accelerating the development of a genuine nylon recycling value chain.
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Recycling complex textiles requires the entire value chain to work together. At Textile 360, REC met with collectors, sorting centres, industrial companies, brands and innovation stakeholders to discuss the collection, sorting and recovery of used textiles. Discover the challenges and collaborations needed to develop a more circular recycled polyamide value chain.
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