Renewcell wants to recycle textiles in Ortviken industrial area
The Swedish sustaintech company Renewcell, a recycler of textile waste into a new raw material for making clothes, is considering Ortviken industrial area as an option to build their new plant. Renewcell currently runs production at their first plant in Kristinehamn and are now planning to scale up production capacity.
The new plant would manage around 70 000 tons of discarded textile a year and would employ around 100 people with a potential for future expansion.
· We have to scale up our production rapidly to meet demand for our product from the fashion industry. Therefore, we are now evaluating Ortviken as an option for an investment in the range of
· Since part of our process is based on traditional paper and pulp technology, much of what we need is already in place at Ortviken - good infrastructure, logistics solutions and a stable landlord. There are also very experienced personnel available in the region. This means that we could be up and running with production already in the first half of 2022 if the permission process runs smoothly.
· We are happy to be able to provide space and infrastructure for new operations in Ortviken, where we are now choose to discontinue the publication paper production, says
For further information
Harald Cavalli-Björkman, Communications Director and CMO, Renewcell +46 70 590 32 04
https://news.cision.com/sca/r/joint-press-release-from-renewcell-and-sca,c3193921
https://mb.cision.com/Main/600/3193921/1306160.pdf
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