“This partnership is all about speed and scale, without compromising on quality,” said Dennis Nobelius, CEO of Syre. “Through JEPLAN’s technical and operational experience built over more than a decade, we can move much faster to commercialization.”

“We are excited to partner with Syre to help bring textile-to-textile recycling to meaningful scale,” said Masaki Takao, CEO of JEPLAN. “Syre’s ambition, business back bone, and global reach in technology integration, combined with our extensive chemical recycling experience creates a powerful platform for accelerating breakthrough solutions for the textile industry”.

JEPLAN operates a PET chemical recycling plant for textile in Kitakyushu, Japan, including demonstration and semi-industrial units used to test and scale chemical recycling technologies.

“Impact is our core and the path that brings us fastest to substantial scale is the path we will take,” said Dennis Nobelius. “The approach now in place continues to build our robust pathway to our first large-scale plant in Vietnam. We are proud to announce JEPLAN today, and more will follow. We expect to announce several additional world-leading partnerships around the globe as we move toward full commercial deployment.”