Reju Opens First U.S. R&D Center to Advance Textile-to-Textile Recycling
Reju has opened its first North American Research & Development Center in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, strengthening its efforts to scale textile-to-textile recycling technologies. Located within Technip Energies’ Advanced Materials and Catalysts research facility, the new lab will support the development of Reju’s next-generation circular solutions, spanning polyester recycling, mixed-fabric processing and new chemical recycling pathways. The center also marks the relocation of Reju’s core research team from IBM’s Almaden Research Center, where the company’s proprietary VolCat depolymerization technology was originally developed.
The facility forms part of Reju’s broader strategy to build a global closed-loop textile recycling ecosystem capable of transforming post-consumer textile waste into new raw materials. Research conducted at the center will help validate technologies for deployment across Reju’s planned Regeneration Hubs in Germany, the Netherlands, France and the United States. By leveraging Technip Energies’ expertise in catalysis, process development and industrial scale-up, the company aims to accelerate the commercialization of fibre-to-fibre recycling technologies and expand circular infrastructure for the textile industry.
