Leather waste to be recycled into sustainable textiles: Following the establishment of Respin Oy, Jaemsaenkoski/Finland, a joint venture (JV) between Spinnova Oy, Jyvaeskylae/Finland, and KT Innovations AG, Huenenberg/ Germany, in May 2021, the partners now have a pilot production line ready to begin its start-up phase. The small industrial scale leather fiber pilot plant is designed and built by Spinnova and is located at its facilities there. This means that Respin can start producing larger amounts of the leather fiber for RD purposes and develop demonstration products with the material. While the piloting phase is exclusive, Respin JV partners will welcome other brands to join the development in its commercial phase. The fiber made of leather waste has great potential in many applications, including footwear. Respin will pay € 2.5 million to Spinnova for the pilot production line and Spinnova's RD services in the course of the proof-of-concept phase. The piloting is estimated to take one year.
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