In June 2025, CelluCircle received major funding from Vinnova under Impact: Ökad resurseffektivitet och resiliens, etapp 2 to lead the project “Sustainable Domestic Industrial Production with New Raw Materials from Chemically Recycled Textile Waste.”
As project coordinator, we’re working with partners including IKEA, Telge Återvinning, Stadium, Lindex, and RISE to scale our recycling process, process real textile waste, and validate circular materials for industrial use — advancing Sweden’s transition toward a circular economy.
Projects
Vinnova Impact Project (2025–2026)
Impact Innovation: Increased Resource Efficiency and Resilience (2024–2027)
A 2.5-year national initiative funded by Vinnova, the Swedish Energy Agency, and Formas, focused on accelerating the commercialisation of advanced textile recycling technology. The project includes the development of a pilot-scale facility (10 % of full industrial scale) to produce bio-based raw materials from discarded textiles.
In collaboration with Stadium and Telge Återvinning, the project aims to deliver 30,000 tons of recycled material, reduce CO₂ emissions by over 75 %, and strengthen Sweden’s resource efficiency and industrial resilience.
GearUp (EU Horizon Europe, 2024–2028)
A four-year EU-funded Horizon Europe project focused on advancing industrial 3D printing and machine learning to enable recycled materials, such as discarded textiles, to match the performance of virgin resources. As part of the GearUp consortium, CelluCircle is developing nanocomposite and thermomechanical filament technologies from recycled textiles, supported by advanced modeling and process optimisation.
The project aims to demonstrate scalable solutions for high-performance 3D-printed components across multiple industries, accelerating the transition toward a circular, resource-efficient materials economy.
INN-PRESSME (EU Horizon 2024–2025)
Part of the INN-PRESSME Open Call, this project focused on scaling up nanocellulose-based materials derived from chemically recycled textiles for use in 3D printing and biocomposite applications.
In collaboration with RISE, VTT, CEA, and IPC, CelluCircle successfully developed and validated processes for producing cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) and cellulose nanocrystals (CNC), along with pilot-scale compounding and filament production. The project demonstrated the potential of bio-based, high-performance materials to replace fossil-based inputs and support the EU’s circular economy transition.