BlockTexx and INGWE take their reborn fashion accessories to a Paris audience

Textile recycler BlockTexx has entered into a partnership with INGWE — an Australian-based fashion accessory and trim developer, wholesaler and integrator — with the pair to showcase products at the Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris show this week.

In a statement on Monday (Australian time), Blocktexx said it and IMGWE hoped to support a transition to “100 [per cent] recyclable fashion supply chains” via validated recycled materials. 

The two companies will be showing buttons, coat hangers, zippers and fabrics made of BlockTexx’s PolyTexx material, which is derived from post-consumer recycled polyester.

“Using our PolyTexx [recycled PET], our manufacturing partners have developed a range of trims and components designed specifically for the textile industry,” said Tonia Bastian, BlockTexx Design Innovation manager. 

“These trims… demonstrate true circular design in action.”

BlockTexx runs a recycling plant at Loganholme, south of Brisbane, which uses its recycling process to create PolyTexx and CellTexx (a microcrystalline cellulose) from end-of-life blended polyester-cotton products. 

Among the company’s awards since its establishment in 2018 are the top prize at last year’s Banksia National Sustainability Awards and a Top 10 Gold Award at this title’s Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers campaign in 2024.

Andrew Holland, CEO at INGWE, added that his company has 30 years’ expertise working with clothing manufacturers and manufacturing companies, and “It’s an exciting time to accelerate recycled materials into the fashion and textile supply chains[,] especially products made from recovered textiles.”

Picture: credit Linkedin/Blocktexx

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