Michelin, Syntecica launch pilot PA recycling initiative
22 May 2026
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Syntecica process said to recycle 'polyamide-rich' blended textiles “without pre-sorting”
Clermont-Ferrand, France – Syntecica and Michelin’s Sustainable Materials Centre have announced a collaboration to accelerate the industrialisation of a chemical recycling process for 'polyamide-rich' blended textiles.
The partnership will see Syntecica install its proprietary low-temperature chemical recycling process at Michelin’s Sustainable Materials Centre at the Michelin Innovation Park – Cataroux.
The technology is designed to enable the recycling of complex textile blends that are currently difficult to process using conventional methods, according to Michelin.
Syntecica’s process, it said, can recycle polyamide-rich blended textiles “without pre-sorting,” producing high-purity recycled PA6 and PA6,6 for textile, automotive and industrial applications.
The pilot installation will initially process “several tonnes of textiles,” with a phased ramp-up toward industrial volumes as part of a future demonstrator project targeted from 2027.
The collaboration was said to represent a first step in a broader ambition to extend Syntecica’s green chemistry platform to other polymers and industrial applications.
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