Indorama Ventures partners Jiaren Chemical Recycling to launch 100,000-tonne textile-recycled pet capacity

THAILAND – Indorama Ventures’ Fibers business has entered a joint venture with Jiaren Chemical Recycling to create up to 100,000 tonnes of textile-recycled PET spinning capacity each year. 

This partnership targets the global textile supply chain by combining Indorama’s manufacturing sites in Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and the Americas with Jiaren’s expertise in sourcing, sorting, de-coloring, de-polymerizing, and re-polymerizing textile waste. 

The initiative makes chemical recycling of textiles available on a large scale, turning waste into fibers and yarns that brands can use to cut down plastic waste and meet environmental goals without losing material quality.

The joint venture draws on Indorama’s long track record in recycling. Since 2011, the company has processed more than 150 billion post-consumer PET bottles into high-quality recycled PET resins and materials for industries including packaging and textiles. 

This effort has diverted 2.8 million tonnes of plastic from landfills and oceans, while cutting an estimated 3.8 million tonnes of CO2 emissions across product lifecycles.

Diego Boeri, executive president of Indorama Ventures’ Fibers business, commented on the need for collaboration. 

He stated that solving textile waste issues and meeting young consumers’ demands for climate action requires investments in infrastructure and technology that no single firm can handle alone.

Boeri added that value chain partners must work together to develop circular models, with regulators in Europe supporting investments and consumers learning more about global material flows to inform their purchases.

Meanwhile, in September, Australian biotech firm Samsara Eco launched its first commercial plant to scale up production of low-carbon recycled nylon and polyester materials. 

The facility uses AI-designed enzymes to break down mixed plastics headed for landfills into raw materials suitable for apparel, packaging, and automotive uses. 

Samsara aims to supply these virgin-like recycled inputs to brands seeking to integrate them into products.

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