{"id":57875,"date":"2026-03-18T15:52:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textileexchange.org\/?p=57875"},"modified":"2026-03-18T15:52:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:52:06","slug":"how-cross-sector-partnerships-made-recycled-cotton-a-reality-in-turkiye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textileexchange.org\/how-cross-sector-partnerships-made-recycled-cotton-a-reality-in-turkiye\/","title":{"rendered":"How Cross-Sector Partnerships Made Recycled Cotton a Reality in Tu\u0308rkiye"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Words by Julia Webster Ayuso with photography by Sabiha \u00c7imen<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This story was featured in Unwoven Issue 03, Textile Exchange’s annual magazine. Read the full issue here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combining technological innovation with large-scale production expertise, S\u00e4ntis Textiles and Kipa\u015f Textiles created the RCO100 system to transform textile waste into high-quality, garment-grade fiber. But it all started with a chance meeting and a challenge from PVH Corp.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The journey to creating the first 100% recycled cotton begins\u2014as is often the case with good ideas\u2014not in an office, but through a chance encounter between two visionary leaders. Stefan Hutter, a textile engineer and founder of S\u00e4ntis Textiles, was on a skiing holiday when he met fellow Swiss man Daniel Grieder, then CEO of PVH Corp (the parent company of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger), and the two quickly struck up a conversation about the future of the textile industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEven though he\u2019s been in the textile business for 40 years, my father never ventured into fashion,\u201d says Annabelle Hutter, the Managing Director of S\u00e4ntis Textiles in Switzerland, explaining that S\u00e4ntis focused on technical fabrics. \u201cGrieder came up with a challenge for him: could he create 100% recycled cotton for his brands?\u201d Cotton represents around 19% of global fiber production, but just 1% of it is recycled cotton, according to Textile Exchange\u2019s 2025 Materials Market Report. However, the demand for recycled cotton is projected to almost double in 10 years, from $5.2 billion in 2023 to $9.8 billion by 2032.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stefan, whose family has a long tradition in Swiss textile engineering, founded S\u00e4ntis in 2005. The company, headquartered in Singapore with offices worldwide, already had some experience with recycled fabrics, but these were mostly technical fabrics for applications such as home furnishings\u2014a far cry from the fine threads needed for garments. So in 2016, Stefan accepted the challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Without the help of outside investors, Stefan decided to invest his own profits into developing a machine specifically for recycling textiles in the garment industry. And after several trials in the company\u2019s Chinese factories, the result was RCO100\u2014a breakthrough system capable of turning industrial waste (such as fabric cuttings and yarn waste) as well as pre- and post-consumer garments sorted by color and composition, into high-quality recycled cotton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike existing machines, it produces longer fiber lengths essential for spinning, without the use of water or chemicals, and is specifically designed to create 100% recycled cotton and textile-grade fiber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are other mechanical recycling machines, but they were all built decades ago and were designed for downcycling, never to handle textiles to make textiles again,\u201d says Annabelle.<\/p>\n\n\n

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But technological innovation cannot solve the problem of textile waste alone. Stefan soon realised he needed a partner with the technical muscle and industry know-how to take the project from prototype to large-scale production. Kipa\u015f Textiles, based in the Turkish city of Kahramanmara\u015f, emerged as a natural choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a production capacity of 80 million meters of fabric per year and 330 tons of yarn per day, it is Tu\u0308rkiye’s and Europe\u2019s largest integrated textile manufacturer. \u201cOur expertise in spinning, weaving, and producing finished fabrics like denim allows us to process recycled fiber efficiently,\u201d says Halit Gu\u0308mu\u0308\u015fer, Managing Director and Board Member of Kipa\u015f Holding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tu\u0308rkiye is the world\u2019s fourth-largest exporter of denim, known for its bright, smooth finish and strong cotton fibers, and Kipa\u0219 has been a driving force behind that reputation. \u201cTu\u0308rkiye holds a significant strategic position,\u201d says Nicolas Prophte, a board member at the Denim Deal, a circular denim project launched in the Netherlands in 2020. \u201cWith a well-established textile industry experienced in recycling and spinning technologies, as well as decades of operation of numerous denim mills, the country boasts a solid foundation for advancing sustainable practices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Denim is also especially important for recycled cotton, explains Nicolas, who was the former VP of PVH Corp\u2019s Denim Center.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s predominantly made from cotton fibers\u2014around 98 to 99%\u2014and because it is one of the most widely produced and worn fabrics globally, it generates considerable textile waste, from factory scraps to discarded jeans.\u201d He adds that \u201cdenim fibers are usually of high quality and durability,\u201d so even when recycled, they can still make high-quality yarns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ubiquity of denim across the fashion industry also helps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was also the friendliest [fabric] to introduce to a brand that had never done anything like that before,\u201d says Annabelle. In 2021, Stefan was able to complete his challenge of providing 100% recycled cotton to Tommy Hilfiger. Since then, Kipa\u0219 and S\u00e4ntis have produced around 300 tons of 100% recycled cotton every month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February 2023, just as the RCO100 system was scaling up, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake devastated southern Tu\u0308rkiye, including Kipa\u0219\u2019s home city of Kahramanmara\u015f. Several factory buildings were heavily damaged, and many workers lost homes and loved ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It took an immense effort to bring the factory back on track. \u201cThere was a very big dedication and sacrifice of our team,\u201d says Halit. But far from slowing their ambitions, the disaster strengthened Kipa\u0219\u2019s commitment to building a better future. Having experienced firsthand the destructive force of a natural disaster, the company doubled down on its sustainability efforts. \u201cWe had to destroy some buildings and build new ones to make more sustainable processes available,\u201d says Halit, adding that, as a result, \u201cKipa\u015f is becoming much more sustainable and much more efficient.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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A year later, the collaboration reached another significant milestone. The RCO100 recycled canvas fabric caught the eye of Alexander McQueen, and gave rise to a Bird Tail Peplum Jacket in the label\u2019s 2024 Autumn-Winter collection. It marked the first time RCO100 had been showcased on the catwalk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, S\u00e4ntis and Kipa\u0219 produce and sell everything from the recycled cotton fiber to the yarns and fabrics. S\u00e4ntis even sells the RCO100 recycling machine itself. The first licensed machine manufacturer is Temsan, a company based in the same area as Kipa\u015f, and S\u00e4ntis has since commercially launched the machine to allow third-party manufacturers, from wool recyclers and garment manufacturers to yarn spinners, to buy it and recycle their own waste, whether it\u2019s cotton, wool, or silk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not for us to gatekeep all of this,\u201d says Annabelle. \u201cWe need to be able to open up access to the industry, to have better quality recycled cotton fibers,\u201d she says, knowing that doing so will require the exact spirit of multi-stakeholder partnership that they have now proven is possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This story was featured in Unwoven Issue 03, Textile Exchange’s annual magazine. Read the full issue here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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