The announcement was made concurrently with the company’s participation in the Textiles Recycling Expo in Brussels.
The Fiber Club consortium, operating under an umbrella framework by innovation platform Fashion for Good, seeks to “dismantle traditional supply chain barriers” in the commercial uptake of recycled textiles.
RE&UP said the initiative, formed as a collaborative industry platform, is designed to overcome problems such as disconnected supply chains, high minimum requirements for orders, and high upfront costs.
These issues have previously kept sustainability measures in the textile sector within a limited “pilot phase”.
Through Fiber Club, RE&UP is engineered to be a structurally de-risked, guiding brands' partners through four operational phases:
- Consortium structure & alignment: Establishing the framework and aligning key supply chain stakeholders.
- Initial material sampling: Reviewing standardised material specification and aligning on specific supply terms.
- Pilot collection development: Designing and launching an initial commercial collection at the individual brand level.
- Long-term partnership: Securing long-term fibre purchase commitments at predictable, discounted rates, successfully transitioning brands to a permanent circular supply chain.
RE&UP general manager Andreas Dorner said: “The technology to recycle textiles is only half the battle; the real hurdle is commercial alignment. With RE&UP and its Fiber Club, the baseline for high-volume, compliant circularity is active and operationally ready today. We are giving forward-thinking brands the plug-and-play infrastructure required to stop experimenting with sustainability and start scaling it.”
During the Textiles Recycling Expo, RE&UP demonstrated its proprietary textile-to-textile recycling capabilities to attendees from across the sector. The company outlined how its technologies enable the processing of cotton, polyester, and polycotton blends at its operational industrial hubs.
These processes include advanced decolourisation and separation to recover fibres and polyester chips that, according to RE&UP, match the qualities of new, or virgin, materials.
RE&UP global marketing & communications head Marco Lucietti added: “True textile circularity is no longer a distant goal or a concept confined to limited testing phases. Our presence at the Textiles Recycling Expo highlights how breakthrough technology can seamlessly bridge the gap between high-volume recycling and premium production, with no compromise on performance and environmental transparency.”
